| Dated: | 1981 |
| Instrumentation: | Unaccompanied mixed choir (32 voices minimum) |
| Timing: | 7' |
| Premiere: | September 6, 1981 in the Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Athens, Greece, performed by the chorus of the Third Hellenic Radio Programme, dir. Antonis Contogeorgiou |
| Dedicated to: | |
| Commissioned by: | 15th World Congress of the International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery |
| Published: | Editions Salabert 17547 |
| The text is based on the Hippocratic Oath, sworn by doctors. Recording2 available at Hyperion CDA66980 and Chandos 9663. |