MEDICAL ETHICS

 MEDICAL ETHICS

1) Physicians must be committed to providing qualified medical care, compassionate and respectful of human dignity and rights.

2) Physicians must adhere to professional standards, be honest in all professional interactions, and endeavour to report to the appropriate entity those physicians who have defects of character or ability or who were involved in fraud or deception.

3) Physicians must abide by the law and recognize the responsibility to pursue those requirements in that are contrary to the best interests of the patient.

4)  Physicians must respect the rights of patients, colleagues, and  other healthcare professionals, and must protect the trust and privacy of patients within the limits of the law.

5) Physicians must continue to learn, apply and advance scientific knowledge, maintain a commitment to medical education, provide relevant information to patients, colleagues, and the public, obtain consultations and use the talents of other professionals of health when instructs.

6) When providing adequate patient care, doctors should be free to choose to see a doctor, whom to contact, and the environment in which provides medical care, except for emergencies.

7)Physicians must recognize their responsibility to participate in activities that help improve the community and improve public health.

8) In caring for patients, physicians must hold their responsibilities to patients paramount.

9)Doctors must help everyone to access medical services.