A code of medical ethics : with general and special rules for the guidance of the faculty and the public in the complex relations of professional life / by Jukes de Styrap.

  • De Styrap, Jukes, 1815-1899.
Date:
1890
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    ableness would often suggest an explanation of conduct !J- that, at first, may seem offensive or selfish. Assuming, however, that he is really injured,—that a neighbouring practitioner has acted unethically, and, mayhap, repeatedly so ! What, in such case, is to done ? His duty is cer- tainly, as yet, not to publish to the world his personal quarrel—for professional quarrels are discreditable, and not to be lightly proclaimed. Moreover, when a man is clearly in the right, he can afford to exhaust all gentle means of remonstrance and redress : and, in strict accordance with both scriptural and professional ethics, he should, either in person, or by courteous note, ' go and tell his brother his fault' privately. Should that fail, and the aggrieved party be ultimately obliged to refer the matter to the arbitration of a mutual professional friend, or to a ' Court Medical', even then, his object should be, not that the offender should be (shunned', but effectually rebuked, and convinced of his error. Such object is, in many cases, more likely to be gained by private than by public means. But as there are men in the medical, as in other professions, who can only be effectively influenced by public censure, this, under cer- tain circumstances, would be a perfectly legitimate dernier ressort through the action of a ' Court Medical'.] SECT. 7.—THE DUTIES OF PRACTITIONERS IN REFERENCE TO PROFESSIONAL CHARGES, i. In the interest of the faculty and of the public, it is desirable that some general authoritative rules relative to professional *charges should be adopted in every town or * The development of a tariff of fees which shall be acknowledged by the profession as compensative, and, by the public, as reasonable, must, it