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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    —specially so called—in contradistinction to the well tn- chap. ii. r J Sect. 7. dovved and independent clergy; which latter should be — charged as ordinary and not exceptional patients.] 2. It is alike desirable (bearing in mind that, to the commercial or trade-class of society, quarterly or half-yearly payments are now the rule,) to impress upon the faculty the expediency of sending in their usual statement of pro- fessional charges bi-annually:—for the ' Doctors'' pro- verbial delay, or neglect in the matter, is often attributed to a wrongful motive, and may, indeed, not unfairly be regarded as an incentive to the feeling so forcibly depicted in the following quaintly truthful lines :—■ ' God and the Doctor we alike adore When on the brink of danger, not before ■ The danger past, both are alike requited : God is forgotten, and the Doctor slighted ! ' It may also be well briefly to allude to the professionally inherent but injudicious system of deferred settlements of account, with its natural sequel—a chronic state of in- debtedness of patients—which not infrequently lead to a disruption of friendly feeling, and a loss of practice; nor should it be forgotten, moreover, that many who would willingly pay a semi-annual, or a yearly bill, are oft unable to discharge an accumulated one of two or more years. 3. Should a patient question the accuracy of a ' non- itemed ' bill, his right to be furnished with a statement as to the number and dates of visits, and the special services charged for, should at once be conceded, and reference to the respective items in the ledger permitted—or, better still, suggested: but the service being acknowledged, no abatement (especially under such circumstances,) should be