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Professionalism in medicine
Author(s) -
Miettinen MD MPH MSc PhD MDPhDhc Dhc FAHA FACE FIEA Olli S.,
Flegel MD MSc FRCPC FACP Kenneth M.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of evaluation in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.737
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1365-2753
pISSN - 1356-1294
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2753.2003.00396.x
Subject(s) - charter , medical practice , health care , medical care , public health , medical profession , medicine , medical education , public relations , engineering ethics , political science , nursing , law , engineering
A Charter on Medical Professionalism (CMA) has just recently been developed internationally, and the Canadian Medical Association is calling for public dialogue on medical professionalism now that reforms in the Canadian system of health care are imminent. We posit that good practices are at issue; we outline the essence of these in general and also specifically in the knowing, teaching and intervening components of practice. We also see challenges not to, but in, medical professionalism – first and foremost in the profession's definition of good practices and the payer's confinement of insurance coverage to these.