Duties of a Doctor Flashcards
What are the duties of a doctor?
Make the care of your patients your first concern.
Treat every patient politely and considerately
Respect petients dignity and privacy
Listen to 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 skills 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 colleage may not be fit to practice
Avoid abusing your position as a doctor
For with colleagues in the ways that best serve patients interests
Make the….
Finish the duty
care of your patients your first concern
Treat every…
Finish the duty
patient politely and considerably
Respect patients….
dignity and privacy
listen to….
patients and respect their views
give patients…
information in a way that they can understand
Respect the rights….
of patients to be fully involved in decisions about their care
Keep your…
professional knowledge and skills 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 colleage may not be fit to practice
Avoid abusing…
your position as a doctor
Work with…
colleages in a way that best derves patients
