Professionalism for medicine: opportunities and obligations
- 19 August 2002
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 177 (4) , 208-211
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04735.x
Abstract
Physicians' dual roles — as healer and professional — are linked by codes of ethics governing behaviour and are empowered by science. Being part of a profession entails a societal contract. The prof...Keywords
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