Physician to Physician: Guidelines on Referral and Delegation in clinical practice
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Referral and Delegation are an inherent part of any medical practice. Treatment of any illness, today, requires a multi-disciplinary approach, with doctors across specialties working together to improve the condition of the patient.
MCI in the INDIAN MEDICAL COUNCIL (Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics) Regulations, 2002 section 4 deals with the responsibilities of physicians towards each other. Its important that all physicians should be aware of these:-
4.1 Dependence of Physicians on each other : A physician should consider it as a pleasure and privilege to render gratuitous service to all physicians and their immediate family dependants.
4.2 Conduct in consultation : In consultations, no insincerity, rivalry or envy should be indulged in. All due respect should be observed towards the physician in-charge of the case and no statement or remark be made, which would impair the confidence reposed in him. For this purpose no discussion should be carried on in the presence of the patient or his representatives.
MCI in the INDIAN MEDICAL COUNCIL (Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics) Regulations, 2002 section 4 deals with the responsibilities of physicians towards each other. Its important that all physicians should be aware of these:-
4.1 Dependence of Physicians on each other : A physician should consider it as a pleasure and privilege to render gratuitous service to all physicians and their immediate family dependants.
4.2 Conduct in consultation : In consultations, no insincerity, rivalry or envy should be indulged in. All due respect should be observed towards the physician in-charge of the case and no statement or remark be made, which would impair the confidence reposed in him. For this purpose no discussion should be carried on in the presence of the patient or his representatives.
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