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Code of Ethics For Doctors

This document outlines a code of ethics for doctors with several guiding principles: [1] Doctors should provide service to all people without discrimination and prioritize patient health over financial gain. [2] Doctors have civic duties to act as good citizens and cooperate with authorities to promote public welfare. [3] Doctors must maintain patient confidentiality and treat patients' information as highly confidential.

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Code of Ethics For Doctors

This document outlines a code of ethics for doctors with several guiding principles: [1] Doctors should provide service to all people without discrimination and prioritize patient health over financial gain. [2] Doctors have civic duties to act as good citizens and cooperate with authorities to promote public welfare. [3] Doctors must maintain patient confidentiality and treat patients' information as highly confidential.

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CODE OF ETHICS FOR

DOCTORS
CODE OF ETHICS FOR DOCTORS

ARTICLE 1

GENERAL
PRINCIPLES
CODE OF ETHICS FOR DOCTORS

Section 1. The primary objective of the practice of


medicine is service to mankind irrespective of race,
age, disease, disability, gender, sexual orientation,
social standing, creed or political affiliation. In
medical practice, reward or financial gain should be
a subordinate consideration.
CODE OF ETHICS FOR DOCTORS

Section 2. On entering the profession, a physician


assumes the obligation of maintaining the honorable
tradition that confers the well deserved title of a
“friend of mankind”. The physician should cherish a
proper pride in the calling and conduct
himself/herself in accordance with this Code and in
the generally accepted principles of the International
Code of Medical Ethics.
CODE OF ETHICS FOR DOCTORS

Section 3. Physicians should fulfill the civic


duties of a good citizen, must conform to the
laws and cooperate with the proper authorities
in the application of medical knowledge for the
promotion of the common welfare.
CODE OF ETHICS FOR DOCTORS

Section 4. Physicians should work


together in harmony and mutual
respect.
CODE OF ETHICS FOR DOCTORS

Section 5. Physicians should cooperate with


and safeguard the interest, reputation and
dignity of paramedical and other health
professionals.
CODE OF ETHICS FOR DOCTORS

Section 6. Physicians should be upright,


diligent, sober, modest and well versed in both
the science and the art of the profession.
CODE OF ETHICS FOR DOCTORS

Section 7. The promotion and advancement of


the health of the patients should be prioritized
over the benefits of the physicians and the
health products industries.
CODE OF ETHICS FOR DOCTORS

ARTICLE II

DUTIES OF
PHYSICIANS TO
THEIR PATIENTS
CODE OF ETHICS FOR DOCTORS

Section 1. A physician should be


dedicated to provide competent medical
care with full professional skill in
accordance with the current standards of
care, compassion, independence and
respect for human dignity.
CODE OF ETHICS FOR DOCTORS

Section 2. A physician should be free to


choose patients.
CODE OF ETHICS FOR DOCTORS

Section 3. In an emergency, provided


there is no risk to his or her safety, a
physician should administer at least first
aid treatment and then refer the patient to
the primary physician and/or to a more
competent health provider and appropriate
facility if necessary.
CODE OF ETHICS FOR DOCTORS

Section 4. In serious/difficult cases, or


when the circumstances of the patient or
the family so demand or justify, the
attending physician should seek the
assistance of the appropriate specialist.
CODE OF ETHICS FOR DOCTORS

Section 6. The physician should hold as


sacred and highly confidential whatever
may be discovered or learned pertinent to
the patient even after death, except when
required in the promotion of justice, safety
and public health.
CODE OF ETHICS FOR DOCTORS

Section 7. Professional fees should be


commensurate to the services rendered
with due consideration to the patient’s
financial status, nature of the case, time
consumed and the professional standing
and skill of the physician in the
community.
CODE OF ETHICS FOR DOCTORS

ARTICLE III
DUTIES OF PHYSICIANS TO THE
COMMUNITY
CODE OF ETHICS FOR DOCTORS

Section 2. A physician shall assist the


government in the administration of justice
in accordance with law. He/she maybe
accorded a fair and just remuneration
when called upon as an expert witness.
CODE OF ETHICS FOR DOCTORS

Section 3. A physician is encouraged to


expose and report to the proper authorities
unlicensed medical practitioners,
charlatans and quacks in as much as their
nefarious practices may cause injury to
health and life. A physician should never
condone nor connive with such fake health
providers.

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