Medical Professionalism in the New Information Age

Medical professionalism in the internet age.

Medical professionalism encompasses the conduct and practices of physicians, both as individuals and as a collective organisation. Professionalism enhances the trust and confi dence of patients and society in doctors. For a profession that deals with decision making in an environment fraught with medical uncertainty and information asymmetry between the doctor and the patient, a reasonable degr...

Professionalism in the age of computerised medical records.

Electronic medical records have the potential to improve clinical care and to provide answers to important research questions. Research using existing medical records has provided important knowledge about the effectiveness and risks of widely-used medications. However, electronic medical records also raise ethical dilemmas regarding informed consent and confidentiality. Breaches of confidentia...

Medical professionalism in the new millennium: a physicians' charter*.

The practice of medicine in the modern era is beset with unprecedented challenges in virtually all cultures and societies. These challenges centre on increasing disparities between the legitimate needs of patients, the available resources to meet those needs, the increasing dependence on market forces to transform healthcare systems, and the temptation for physicians to forsake their traditiona...

Medical professionalism in the new millennium: a physician charter.

To our readers: I write briefly to introduce the Medical Professionalism Project and its principal product, the Charter on Medical Professionalism. The charter appears in print for the first time in this issue of Annals and simultaneously in The Lancet. I hope that we will look back upon its publication as a watershed event in medicine. Everyone who is involved with health care should read the ...

Professionalism in medical informatics.