RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The physician charter on medical professionalism: a Jewish ethical perspective
JF Journal of Medical Ethics
JO J Med Ethics
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
SP 404
OP 405
DO 10.1136/jme.2004.009423
VO 31
IS 7
A1 A B Jotkowitz
A1 S Glick
YR 2005
UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/31/7/404.abstract
AB The physician charter on medical professionalism creates standards of ethical behaviour for physicians and has been endorsed by professional organisations worldwide. It is based on the cardinal principles of the primacy of patient welfare, patient autonomy, and social welfare. There has been little discussion in the bioethics community of the doctrine of the charter and none from a Jewish ethical perspective. In this essay the authors discuss the obligations of the charter from a Jewish ethical viewpoint and call on other cultures to develop their own unique perspectives on this important document.