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Incentives to Patients for Referrals

Physicians must not offer financial incentives or other valuable incentives to current patients in exchange for recruitment of other patients.

Ethics
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Advertising & Publicity

Physicians should design their communication to convey information to the public in a readily comprehensible manner.

Ethics
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Treating Self or Family

In general, physicians should not treat themselves or members of their own families.

Ethics
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Terminating a Patient-Physician Relationship

The physician should alert the patient to any foreseeable impediments to continuity of care.

Ethics
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Patient Responsibilities

Autonomous, competent patients control the decisions that direct their health care.

Ethics
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Prospective Patients

Physicians are not ethically required to accept all prospective patients. Physicians should be thoughtful in exercising their right to choose whom to serve.

Ethics
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Patient-Physician Relationships

The relationship between a patient and a physician is based on trust.

Ethics
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Gender Discrimination in Medicine

Inequality of professional status in medicine among individuals based on gender can compromise patient care, undermine trust and damage the working environment.

Ethics
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Civil Rights & Medical Professionals

Opportunities must not be denied to any physician or medical trainee.

Ethics