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Code
of Ethical Patient Behavior
1.Do
not expect your doctor to share your discomfort. Involvement
with the patient's suffering might cause him to lose valuable
scientific
objectivity.
2.Be cheerful at all times. Your doctor leads a busy and trying
life and
requires all the gentleness and reassurance he can get
3.Try to suffer from the disease for which you are being
treated.
Remember that your doctor has a professional reputation to
uphold.
4.Do not complain if the treatment fails to bring relief. You
must believe
that your doctor has achieved a deep insight into the true
nature of your
illness, which transcends any mere permanent disability you may
have
experienced.
5.Never ask your doctor to explain what he is doing or why he is
doing it.
It is presumptuous to assume that such profound matters could be
explained
in terms that you would understand.
6.Pay your medical bills promptly and willingly. You should
consider it a
privilege to contribute, however modestly, to the well-being of
physicians,
health care managers and other humanitarians
7.Do not suffer from ailments not covered by your health care
plan. It is
a waste of resources to contract illnesses that are beyond your
means.
8.Never reveal any of the shortcomings that have come to light
in the
course of treatment by your doctor. The patient-doctor
relationship is a
privileged one and you have a sacred duty to protect him from
exposure.
9.Never die while in your doctor's presence or under his direct
care. This
will only cause him needless inconvenience and embarrassment
Author Unknown
Nurse
Dies And Goes To Heaven
A
nurse dies and goes to heaven. She is met at the Pearly Gates by
St. Peter who asks her questions about her life. Over St.
Peter's shoulder
the nurse spots a man in a white coat sitting on a cloud with a
stethoscope around his neck.
"Oh
brother!", she cries. "Is that a doctor?"
St Peter glances over his shoulder and says, "No, that's
God. He just thinks
he's a doctor."
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