The practice of medicine in the modern era is beset with unprecedented challenges in virtually all cultures and societies. These challenges centre on increasing disparities among the legitimate needs of patients, the available resources to meet those needs, the increasing dependence on market forces to transform healthcare systems, and the temptation for physicians to forsake their traditional commitment to the primacy of patients' interests. To maintain the fidelity of medicine's social contract during this turbulent time, we believe that physicians must reaffirm their active dedication to the principles of professionalism, which entails not only their personal commitment to the welfare of their patients but also collective efforts to improve the healhcare system for the welfare of society. This Charter on Medical Professionalism is intended to encourage such dedication and to promote an action agenda for the profession of medicine that is universal in scope and purpose.

Medical professionalism in the new millennium: A physician charter / T. Brennan, L. Blank, J. Cohen, H. Kimball, N. Smelser, R. Copeland, R. Lavizzo-Mourey, W. McDonald, G. Brenning, C. Davidson, P. Jaeger, A. Malliani, H. Muller, D. Sereni, E. Sutorius, R. Cruess, S. Cruess, J. Merino. - In: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. - ISSN 1072-7515. - 196:1(2003), pp. 115-118.

Medical professionalism in the new millennium: A physician charter

A. Malliani;
2003

Abstract

The practice of medicine in the modern era is beset with unprecedented challenges in virtually all cultures and societies. These challenges centre on increasing disparities among the legitimate needs of patients, the available resources to meet those needs, the increasing dependence on market forces to transform healthcare systems, and the temptation for physicians to forsake their traditional commitment to the primacy of patients' interests. To maintain the fidelity of medicine's social contract during this turbulent time, we believe that physicians must reaffirm their active dedication to the principles of professionalism, which entails not only their personal commitment to the welfare of their patients but also collective efforts to improve the healhcare system for the welfare of society. This Charter on Medical Professionalism is intended to encourage such dedication and to promote an action agenda for the profession of medicine that is universal in scope and purpose.
Settore MED/09 - Medicina Interna
2003
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