Code of ethics of the American Medical Association.

  • American Medical Association.
Date:
1849
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Credit: Code of ethics of the American Medical Association. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    § 8. When a patient wishes to dismiss his physician, justice and common courtesy require that he should declare his reasons for so doing. § 9. Patients should always, when practicable, send for their physician in the morning, before his usual hour of going out; for, by being early aware of the visits he has to pay during the day, the physician is able to apportion his time in such a manner as to prevent an interference of engage- ments. Patients should also avoid calling on their medical adviser unnecessarily during the hours devoted to meals or sleep. They should always be in readiness to receive the visits of their phy- sician, as the detention of a few minutes is often of serious inconvenience to him. § 10. A patient should, after his recovery, entertain a just and enduring sense of the value of the services rendered him by his physician; for these are of such a character, that no mere pecu- niary acknowledgment can repay or cancel them. 3