Good Medical Practice in Paediatrics and Child Health
Good Medical Practice in Paediatrics and Child Health
Good Medical Practice in Paediatrics and Child Health
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<strong>Good</strong> <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Practice</strong> - May 2002<strong>Good</strong> <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Practice</strong>1. All patients are entitled to good st<strong>and</strong>ards of practice <strong>and</strong> care from their doctors.Essential elements of this are professional competence; good relationships with patients<strong>and</strong> colleagues; <strong>and</strong> observance of professional ethical obligations.• Paediatricians should commit themselves to practise <strong>in</strong> accordance with the Objects ofthe College <strong>and</strong> the UN Convention on the Rights of the <strong>Child</strong> 1 .• Paediatricians, whatever their specialty <strong>in</strong>terest, should underst<strong>and</strong> their particularresponsibilities for the holistic <strong>and</strong> life-long health of children who come under their care:each contact is an opportunity for health promotion <strong>and</strong> disease prevention 6 .• The paediatrician must consider the family as well as the patient. <strong>Good</strong> practice dem<strong>and</strong>sparticular attention to communication <strong>and</strong> effective relationships with the patient’s family.5
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