Educating future medical health professionals with the fundamentals of law and ethics

The increasing awareness amongst the society on medico-legal issues as well as the growth of consumerist attitude towards the provision of medical services has caused the medical profession to be subjected to vociferous criticism if they do not meet rising expectations of the society. Substandard se...

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Main Author:	Jahn Kassim, Puteri Nemie
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	K Law (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/44999/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/44999/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/44999/1/usim_invitation_letter_education.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/44999/2/isme2015_%281%29usim_programme.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/44999/3/EDUCATING_USIM_2105.pdf

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spelling	iium-449992015-10-08T06:34:18Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/44999/ Educating future medical health professionals with the fundamentals of law and ethics Jahn Kassim, Puteri Nemie K Law (General) The increasing awareness amongst the society on medico-legal issues as well as the growth of consumerist attitude towards the provision of medical services has caused the medical profession to be subjected to vociferous criticism if they do not meet rising expectations of the society. Substandard services have not been well tolerated and paternalistic approaches in medical treatment are considered to be outmoded and inappropriate. Any dissatisfaction on the part of the patient towards medical services provided nowadays may easily trigger claims in the court of law. This changing trend has also fundamentally changed the behaviour of the courts towards the medical profession. Judicial and legislative interventions in medical practice have created more and more rights for the patients and consequently, corresponding legal duties for the medical profession to uphold. In the present healthcare setting, the medical profession will not be able to provide infallible services without knowledge of the legal standards which they have to adhere. Thus, educating future medical professionals with the fundamentals of law and ethics would ensure greater accountability, knowledge and personal commitment in providing medical services to the society as the ideals of professionalism not only require them to have the necessary expertise, dedication, respect, compassion, empathy, honesty, altruism, responsibility, integrity, self-improvement and accountability but also adherence to the demands of law and highest ethical standards. 2015-10-06 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/44999/1/usim_invitation_letter_education.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/44999/2/isme2015_%281%29usim_programme.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/44999/3/EDUCATING_USIM_2105.pdf Jahn Kassim, Puteri Nemie (2015) Educating future medical health professionals with the fundamentals of law and ethics. In: International Conference on Islamic Medical Education 2015, 5th to 6th October 2015, Dewan Tuanku Canselor, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia. (Unpublished) http://imcet.usim.edu.my/2015-03-29-04-19-24/conference-list/fpsk
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description	The increasing awareness amongst the society on medico-legal issues as well as the growth of consumerist attitude towards the provision of medical services has caused the medical profession to be subjected to vociferous criticism if they do not meet rising expectations of the society. Substandard services have not been well tolerated and paternalistic approaches in medical treatment are considered to be outmoded and inappropriate. Any dissatisfaction on the part of the patient towards medical services provided nowadays may easily trigger claims in the court of law. This changing trend has also fundamentally changed the behaviour of the courts towards the medical profession. Judicial and legislative interventions in medical practice have created more and more rights for the patients and consequently, corresponding legal duties for the medical profession to uphold. In the present healthcare setting, the medical profession will not be able to provide infallible services without knowledge of the legal standards which they have to adhere. Thus, educating future medical professionals with the fundamentals of law and ethics would ensure greater accountability, knowledge and personal commitment in providing medical services to the society as the ideals of professionalism not only require them to have the necessary expertise, dedication, respect, compassion, empathy, honesty, altruism, responsibility, integrity, self-improvement and accountability but also adherence to the demands of law and highest ethical standards.
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title	Educating future medical health professionals with the fundamentals of law and ethics
title_short	Educating future medical health professionals with the fundamentals of law and ethics
title_full	Educating future medical health professionals with the fundamentals of law and ethics
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title_full_unstemmed	Educating future medical health professionals with the fundamentals of law and ethics
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