Educating future medical 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...

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Main Authors:	Jahn Kassim, Puteri Nemie, Osman, Ariff, Wan Muhammad, Ramizah
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	Kulliyyah of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia 2017
Subjects:	K Law (General)
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spelling	iium-599012018-03-19T14:14:52Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/59901/ Educating future medical professionals with the fundamentals of law and ethics Jahn Kassim, Puteri Nemie Osman, Ariff Wan Muhammad, Ramizah 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. Kulliyyah of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia 2017-12-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/59901/1/IMJM-Vol16-No2-101105.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/59901/7/Educating%20future%20medical%20professionals%20with%20the%20fundamentals%20of%20law%20and%20ethics.pdf Jahn Kassim, Puteri Nemie and Osman, Ariff and Wan Muhammad, Ramizah (2017) Educating future medical professionals with the fundamentals of law and ethics. The International Medical Journal Malaysia, 16 (2). pp. 101-105. ISSN 1823-4631 http://iiumedic.net/imjm/v1/download/volume_16_no_2/IMJM-Vol16-No2-101105.pdf
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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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author	Jahn Kassim, Puteri Nemie Osman, Ariff Wan Muhammad, Ramizah
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title	Educating future medical professionals with the fundamentals of law and ethics
title_short	Educating future medical professionals with the fundamentals of law and ethics
title_full	Educating future medical professionals with the fundamentals of law and ethics
title_fullStr	Educating future medical professionals with the fundamentals of law and ethics
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title_sort	educating future medical professionals with the fundamentals of law and ethics
publisher	Kulliyyah of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia
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