Patients must be able to trust doctors with their lives
and well-being. To justify that trust, we a profession have a duty
to maintain a good standard of practice and care and to show respect for
human life. In, particular as a doctor you must
- Make the care of your patient your first concern
- Treat every patient politely and considerately
- Respect patient's dignity and privacy
- Listen to patients and respect their views
- Give patients information in a way they can understand
- Respect the rights of patients to be fully involved in decisions
about their care
- Keep your professional knowledge and skill up to date
- Recognise the limits of your professional competence
- Be honest and trustworthy
- Respect and protect confidential information
- Make sure that your personal beliefs do not prejudice your
patients' care
- Act quickly to protect patients from risk if you have good reason
to believe that you or a colleague may not be fit to practice
- Avoid abusing you position as a doctor
- Work with colleagues in the ways that best serve patients'
interests
In all these matter you must never discriminate unfairly
against your patients or colleagues. You must always be prepared
to justify your actions to them
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