Code of medical ethics adopted by the American Medical AssociationW. Wood & Company, 1882 - 39 pages |
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... regard to fidelity and honor . The obligation of secrecy extends be- yond the period of professional services ; none of the privacies of personal and domestic life , no infirmity of disposition or flaw of charac ter observed 4.
... regard to fidelity and honor . The obligation of secrecy extends be- yond the period of professional services ; none of the privacies of personal and domestic life , no infirmity of disposition or flaw of charac ter observed 4.
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American Medical Association. ART . IV . Of the duties of physicians in regard to consultations . § 1. A regular medical education furnishes the only presumptive evidence of professional abilities and requirements , and ought to be the ...
American Medical Association. ART . IV . Of the duties of physicians in regard to consultations . § 1. A regular medical education furnishes the only presumptive evidence of professional abilities and requirements , and ought to be the ...
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... regard for the dictates of judgment . But in the event of its occurrence , a third physician should , if practicable , be called to act as umpire ; and , if circumstances prevent the adoption of this course , it must be left to the ...
... regard for the dictates of judgment . But in the event of its occurrence , a third physician should , if practicable , be called to act as umpire ; and , if circumstances prevent the adoption of this course , it must be left to the ...
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... regard for the character and standing of the practitioner in attendance ; the practice of the latter , if necessary , should be justified as far as it can be consistently with a conscientious regard for truth , and no hint or ...
... regard for the character and standing of the practitioner in attendance ; the practice of the latter , if necessary , should be justified as far as it can be consistently with a conscientious regard for truth , and no hint or ...
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... regard for truth and probity will permit ; for it often happens that patients become dissatisfied when they do not experience immediate relief , and , as many diseases are naturally protracted , the want of success , in the first stage ...
... regard for truth and probity will permit ; for it often happens that patients become dissatisfied when they do not experience immediate relief , and , as many diseases are naturally protracted , the want of success , in the first stage ...
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Page 35 - ... and in regard to measures for the prevention of epidemic and contagious diseases ; and when pestilence prevails, it is their duty to face the danger, and to continue their labors for the alleviation of the suffering, even at the jeopardy of their own lives. § 2. Medical men should also be always ready, when called on by the legally constituted authorities, to enlighten coroners...
Page 29 - A physician ought not to take charge of or prescribe for a patient who has recently been under the care of another member of the faculty in the same illness, except in cases of sudden emergency, or in consultation with the physician previously in attendance, or when the latter has relinquished the case, or been regularly notified that his services are no longer desired.
Page 23 - ... which it may be thought proper to express. But no statement or discussion of it should take place before the patient or his friends, except in the presence of all the Faculty attending, and by their common consent; and no opinions or prognostications should be delivered, which are not the result of previous deliberation and concurrence.
Page 20 - ... require him temporarily to withdraw from his duties to his patients, and to request some of his professional brethren to officiate for him. Compliance with this request is an act of courtesy, which should always be performed with the utmost consideration for the interest and character of the family physician, and when exercised for a short period, all the pecuniary obligations for such service should be awarded to him.
Page 28 - A physician, in his intercourse with a patient under the care of another practitioner, should observe the strictest caution and reserve. No meddling inquiries should be made—no disingenuous hints given relative to the nature and treatment of his disorder; nor any course of conduct pursued that may directly or indirectly tend to diminish the trust reposed in the physician employed.
Page 24 - ... of any present occupation. But as professional engagements may sometimes interfere, and delay one of the parties, the physician who first arrives should wait for his associate a reasonable period, after •which the consultation should be considered as postponed to a new nppointment.
Page 18 - All practitioners of medicine, their wives, and their children while under the paternal care, are entitled to the gratuitous services of any one or more of the faculty residing near them, whose assistance may be desired.
Page 34 - ... of such differences nor the adjudication of the arbitrators should be made public, as publicity in a case of this nature may be personally injurious to the individuals concerned, and can hardly fail to bring discredit on the faculty.
Page 34 - As peculiar reserve must be maintained by physicians towards the public, in regard to professional matters, and as there exist numerous points in medical ethics and etiquette through which the feelings of medical men may be painfully assailed in their intercourse with each other...
Page 12 - The obedience of a patient to the prescriptions of his physician should be prompt and implicit. He should never permit his own crude opinions as to their fitness to influence his attention to them. A failure in one particular may render an otherwise judicious treatment dangerous, and even fatal. This remark is equally applicable to diet, drink, and exercise. As patients become convalescent, they are very apt to suppose that the rules prescribed for them may be disregarded, and the consequence, but...