ethical considerations in informal medicine
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Informal medicine: ethical analysis.
CONTEXT Doctors have been known to treat or give consultation to patients informally, with none of the usual record keeping or follow up. They may wish to know whether this practice is ethical. OBJECTIVE To determine whether this practice meets criteria of medical ethics. DESIGN Informal medicine is analysed according to standard ethical principles: autonomy, beneficence and non-maleficence...
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اخلاق و تاریخ پزشکیجلد ۱، شماره ۴، صفحات ۷۵-۷۸
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