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PROFESSIONALS PHYSICIANS

PROFESSIONALS PHYSICIANS. CHARACTERISTICS AUTHORITY. TO BE A PROFESSIONAL. A PROFESSIONAL IS ONE WHO WHILE ADHERING TO A COLLECTIVE STANDARD OF CONDUCT TO WHICH HE/SHE IS BOUND BY THE COMMUNITY ORDINARILY SETS ASIDE HIS/HER PERSONAL PREFERENCES THEREBY EXERCISING SELF-RESTRAINT

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PROFESSIONALS PHYSICIANS

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  1. PROFESSIONALSPHYSICIANS CHARACTERISTICS AUTHORITY

  2. TO BE A PROFESSIONAL • A PROFESSIONAL IS ONE WHO • WHILE ADHERING TO A COLLECTIVE STANDARD OF CONDUCT • TO WHICH HE/SHE IS BOUND BY THE COMMUNITY • ORDINARILY SETS ASIDE HIS/HER PERSONAL PREFERENCES • THEREBY EXERCISING SELF-RESTRAINT • TO MEET THE INTERESTS/NEEDS OF THE INDIVIDUAL SERVED • GUIDED BY THE PRINCIPLE OF BENEFICENCE • AS CHOSEN BY THAT INDIVIDUAL • GUIDED BY THE PRINCIPLE OF AUTONOMY

  3. THE PROFESSIONAL IN MEDICAL PRACTICE

  4. PROFESSIONAL AS PATIENT ADVOCATE“SPEAKS TO”---“SPEAKS FOR”---”DEFENDS” • STANDS BY THE PATIENT IN FACE OF DISEASE • ADDRESSES VULNERABILITY FROM THE VANTAGE POINT OF EXPERT KNOWLEDGE • PROTECTS VALUE LIFE OF PATIENT • PROMOTES PATIENT AUTONOMY • COMPENSTATES FOR FACTORS DIMINISHING AUTONOMY • IGNORANCE • CONFUSION • PAIN • FEAR • AGE • COMPROMISED MENTATION • ISOLATION

  5. THE AUTHORITY OF THE PHYSICIAN • PATIENT’S TRUST IN THE PHYSICIAN • PLEDGE TO THE HEALING PROFESSION • CARING AND CURING • EXPERT KNOWLEDGE • EXPERIENCE WITH MALADIES • CLINICAL JUDGMENT • PROFESSIONAL VIRTUES • DIRECT CONTACT WITH PATIENT • PRESENCE TO PATIENT • FOCUSED ATTENTION • COMPANIONSHIP ON DIFFICULT JOURNEYS

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