lfvoy wrote:Didn't Phlox explicitly say as much in "The Breach," when he pointed out that he hadn't taken the Hippocratic Oath and thus wasn't bound by it?
You've got a better memory than me, but I'm sure you're right.
Actually, although the term is one I've heard used many times I've never known exactly what the oath was, until I looked it up just now. If the wikipedia article is to be trusted then I'm not surprised that Phlox was scornful about it.