CODE OF ETHICS
WILL YOU ALWAYS PRACTICE THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
AND APPLY YOUR KNOWLEDGE IN A TRUE
AND IN A KIND AND IN AN HONORABLE
WAY?
WILL YOU ALWAYS APPLY THE HEALING PROFESSION
OF MEDICINE IN A KINDLY, HUMANITARIAN, FORGIVING, AND LOVING
WAY TO EVERY PERSON OF ANY AGE OR
RACE OR CREED OR RELIGION OR SEX OR
BELIEF OR NATION OR GROUP?
WILL YOU WORK TO BRING HONOR TO
THE NAME ETHICAL PHYSICIAN AND THE DESIGNATION
OF DIPLOMATE OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF
ETHICAL PHYSICIANS?
WILL YOU DEDICATE YOURSELF TO THE ALLEVIATION OF IGNORANCE, SUFFERING, CRUELTY,
AND WILL YOU WORK TO HELP TO BETTER THE LIVES OF ALL AND TO TRY TO THE BEST OF
YOUR ABILITIES TO BE A HUMANITARIAN PHYSICIAN AND A HUMANITARIAN HUMAN BEING?
WILL YOU PROMISE TO
ALWAYS FOLLOW THE GOLDEN RULE AND TRY
AT ALL TIMES TO BE HUMANE AND
KIND AND BRING LOVE OF HUMANITY TO ALL ASPECTS OF MEDICAL PRACTICE AS
A TRULY HUMANITARIAN PHYSICIAN?
WILL YOU PROMISE TO
ALWAYS TRY TO PROVIDE THE LATEST AND
MOST THOROUGH AND EFFECTIVE TREATMENT OF ALL
PATIENTS WITHOUT REGARD FOR THEIR ABILITY
TO PAY, OR THEIR RACE, OR THEIR
NATIONALITY, OR THEIR RELIGION, OR THEIR
CREED AND BELIEFS, OR THEIR SEX, OR
THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION, OR THEIR STATION
IN LIFE, OR WHETHER THEY ARE RICH OR
POOR, OR WHETHER THEY HAVE INSURANCE,
AND NO MATTER WHAT THEIR NEED, WITHIN
REASON, AND WHATEVER TYPE OF PATIENT
OR TYPE OF ILLNESS, WHETHER A PATIENT
IS A PRIVATE PATIENT OR HMO PATIENT
OR PUBLIC AID PATIENT, OR ANY HUMAN
BEING IN NEED OF MEDICAL TREATMENT?
DO YOU PROMISE TO BE ALWAYS HELPFUL, KIND, NEVER JUDGEMENTAL OR INSENSITIVE TO THOSE WHO ARE YOUR PATIENTS OR ANY PERSON WITH WHOM YOU MAY ENCOUNTER PROFESSIONALLY?