Commentary on the Code of Medical Ethics and Deontology
Table of contents
ANALYTICAL INDEX
The numbering corresponds to article of the Code which deals with the above-mentioned subject .
withdrawal of the patient, 4.6, 6
- - -, in case of disaster, epidemic or life-threatening situation, 4.6
Abortion legal, not deontologically punishable, 25.1
- abstention of medical practitioner, 27.1
Physician abstention, at subject of reproduction, 27.1
- in the event of lack of competence, 21.2
Abuse of fees, 44.3
Yearbooks and professional guides, 37.2
Medical act, to be recorded in the medical record, 15.1
- shall be non-profit-making, 44.1
Advertisements, objectivity, 37.1, 37.3, 37.5
Story archives, fate after the doctor's death, 20
Medical art of the moment, 21.1
Medical care, scientific and human quality, 21.1
- correction, 8.2
- duty to abstain on grounds of incompetence, 21.2
-, negligent, 4.3
Health authorities, Education continued, 23
financial aid to the colleague, 33.2, 33.6
Medical data banks, 19.2, 19.3
Quality of medical care, 21.1 to 24.3
Catastrophe, obligation to attend, 4.5
certificate doctor, 12
-, submission to the patient, 12
- obligation of truthfulness, 12
Transfer of data to a colleague, 15.5
Science, health care is based on the, 21.1
Science, diagnosis of brain death, criteria, 29.2
high school of Doctors, 39.1 to 41.6
- arbitration in fee matters, 44.5
-, - in professional dissent, 33.4
- advice on derogation from secrecy, 18.1
- financial aid to the conscientious objector, 27.2
- to communicate the use of pseudonyms, 37.4
- contribution to their life and livelihood, 39.2
-, duty of partnership with the, 39.2
- denunciation of breaches of professional conduct, 33.5, 42.1
- shall not authorise the setting up of teams in which the exploitation of a doctor takes place, 35.4.
- obligation to respond to the call of the, 39.1
- of declaring, derogation from secrecy, 18.5
Collusion, 44.4
Commercialism, prohibition, 44.3, 44.4
Deontology Commission of the Colleges, endorsement of advertising, 37.2
Commissions or gifts, 44.4
committee of Clinical Trials, 32.2
committee of Ethics, research biomedical, 32.2
- professional publications, 38.2
European Community, rules on professional qualifications, 37.5
- social, service to the, 4.1, 5.1
Moral conscience of the patient, respect, 32.5
-objection to, abortion and reproductive technologies, 27.1, 27.2
-, - - -, respect in the internship team, 35.3
Professional fellowship, 33.1 to 33.6
Informed consent, in the therapeutic relationship, 11.2
- of the parents about the embryo and foetus, 25.2
- patient's incapacity, 11.3
-, status of urgency, 11.3
enquiry with another colleague, 34.2
- medical by letter, telephone, radio or press, 24.2
Medical office, dignity and equipment, 14
- use by non-medical practitioners, 24.3
Correction at attention, 8.2
Mail, queries by, 24.2
Derogatory criticism from colleagues, 33.3
Palliative care, 28.2
- terminals, 28.2
School fees, 39.2
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Charlatanism, 24.2
Intentional damage, 4.4
Duty to attend, 4.5
- of science and skill, 21.1
- to cooperate on the quality of the health system, 5.2
- to defend the colleague, 33.2
- of reporting the misconduct of colleagues, 33.5
- - - health system deficiencies, 5.2
- of study, 23
- of humanity, 21.1
- to inform the patient, 11.4
- - -, in cases of ethical or scientific objection, 27.1
- of respect, 4.1
Primary duties of the physician, 4.1, 33.1
- professionals towards the community, 5.1
Declaration of Helsinki, 32.3
Unjustified delay, 4.3
Reporting deficiencies, to the social community, 22.2
Reporting deficiencies, to patient, 22.1
Ethics, definition, 1
Right of the doctor to question management, 41.4
- not to reveal their patients' confidences 18.5
- to draw up and keep medical records, 15.1
- to a fair remuneration, 44.2
- to vote, 41.3
Rights of the patient, to know which doctor of the team is attending him/her, 13
- - -, to be decided, 11.5
- - -, to privacy, 15.4
- free choice of doctor and health care institution, 7
- - -, to obtain certificate or report, 12
- - -, to have their data communicated to another doctor, 15.5
- - -, to receive a valid treatment in clinical trials, 32.6
- - -, to be reported, 11.1
- - -, to quality health care, 21.1
- - -, to secrecy, 16.1
- and IT, 19.1
- - - and work team medical, 13
Disagreement among doctors, 33.4
Diagnosis, communication to the patient, 11.4, 11.5
Dichotomy, 44.4
Dignity of the person, 4.1, 29.2, 32.5
Hospital executives, medical confidentiality, 17.2
- - - - -, duty to comply with statutory and deontological rules, 41.1
- - - - -, duty of secrecy on the management directive, 41.5
- - - - -, defence of the common interest, 41.2
- - - - -, right of interpellation, 41.4
- - - -, respect for internal democratic rights, 41.3
- - - - -, deontological unit, 41.6
discipline schoolboy, 2.2
Education continued training of doctors, WTO obligation, 23, 40.3
- - -, obligation staff, 23
Effectiveness, 5.1
Unlawful practice of medicine, 24.3
Free choice of doctor, 7
Human embryo, deontological respect, 25.2
Therapeutic incarnation, 28.2
Covering up for the intruder, 24.3
Incurable and terminal illness, 28.2
Notifiable diseases, 18.4
teaching of Medicine and Medical Ethics, 40.3
Epidemics, obligation to attend, 4.5
Equipment, internship en, 35.1 to 35.4
-, authorisation from high school, 35.4
- ethical or scientific objection, 35.3
- hierarchical relations, 35.3
- individual responsibility, 35.2
Team, work in team, 13
Euthanasia, 28.1
Over-prescription, 35.1
Human experimentation, 32.1 to 32.6
- - -, abstention from damage, 32.5
- free and informed consent, 32.4
- - -, placebo or no treatment, 32.6
- - -, weak or vulnerable subjects, 32.3
Ethical misconduct, 2.1, 24.2, 24.3
- against the quality of medical care, 24.2
Patient's relatives, information, 9, 11.4
Patient's relatives, consent, 11.3
Human foetus, deontological respect, 25.2
Clinical record, 15.1
Scientific fraud, 38.3
Civil servant, doctor, 43.1
group, internship en (see: Team, internship en)
Professional guides or directories, 37.2
- conservation, 15.2
- duty and right of the doctor, 15.1
-, ends, 15.2
-, publication, 15.4
-, secret, 15.3
- transmission from data to another colleague, 15.5
-, use at research, 15.4
-, unauthorised uses, 15.3
Compassionate killing, 28.1
- abusive, 44.3
-criteria for fixing, 44.2
-, disputes over, arbitration of high school, 44.5
-prohibition of dichotomy, 44.4
-, authority over the auxiliary staff , 42.2
-, deficiencies, 42.1
-, loyalty and correction of shortcomings, 42.1
-freedom from prescription, 42.2
-, procedure deontological, 42.2
Hunger strike, 31
Medical strike, 6
Incompetence, obligation to have recourse to a trained colleague, 21.2
Professional independence, 22.1
Information, to the person designated by the patient, 11.4
Patient information, obligation, 11.1
- on the incompetence of the doctor, 9
- in high-risk situations, 11.2
- on deficiencies in medical care, 22.1
- on diagnosis, prognosis and treatment, 11.1
- on human reproduction, 26
Medical informatics, respect for medical confidentiality, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3
report doctor, 12
Intermediaries, 44.4
Health care institutions, 42.1, 42.2
- - -, authority over the auxiliary staff , 42.2
- - -, loyalty and correction of deficiencies, 42.1
- - -, freedom of prescription, 42.2
- - -, procedure deontological, 42.2
Intimacy, 8.2
Intrusiveness, 24.3
research biomedical, 32.1 to 32.6
-, committee of Ethics or Clinical Trials, 32.2
- free and informed consent, 32.4
- Declaration of Helsinki of the World Medical Association association , 32.3
- distinction between experimental and accepted procedures, 32.6
- clinical experimentation, need, 32.1
- , placebo and no-treatment, 32.6
- vulnerable subjects, 32.3
Loyalty to the patient, 4.3
Freedom of prescription, 42.2
Free choice of doctor and health centre, 7
Disputes between doctors, arbitration of high school, 33.4
Fee litigation, 44.5
Abuse, obligation to protect or report, 30.2
Non-conventional medicines, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3
Substitute doctor, duties, 33.6
Medical officers, mandatory nature of the Code, 43.1
- incompatibilities, 43.2, incompatibilities, 43.2
-, respect for persons, 43.2
- of the Code, 43.1, 43.1
Social media, advertising, 37.2
- - -, knowledge dissemination of scientific advances, 38.1
- - -, prohibition of consultations in, 24.2
Minors, consent, 11.3
-, ill-treatment, 30.2
Death, diagnosis, 28.3
- of the patient does not exempt from the duty of confidentiality, 16.4
Refusal of the physician to provide or continue attendance, 9, 27.1
- of the patient to be examined or treated, 10, 31, 43.3
Science objection, 10
Conscientious objection, 10, 27.2
-, financial aid de los Colegios, 27.2
- non-discrimination, 27.2
Ethical or scientific objection, to intervention in human reproduction, 27.1
- - -, to transplants, 27.1
- - -, to abortion, 27.1
- - -, in Medicine from group, 35.3
Managing bodies of attendance health, 22.1
WTO, WTO Directors, 41.1 to 41.6
- and compliance with the Code, 40.1
- and defence of colleagues, 40.2
- - - and Education continued by the doctor, 40.3
- - - and teaching of Medicine and Medical Ethics, 40.3
- - - - and participation in public life, 40.4
- and deontological responsibilities, 3
- - - and Community health, 40.4
Professional organisations, reporting of deficiencies, 22.2
-, Education continued, 23
Patient, rights of, 7, 11.1, 11.5, 12, 13, 15.4, 15.5, 16.1, 19.1, 21.1
-legal representative of, 11.3
Patients, loyalty towards, 4.3
non-discrimination between, 4.2
Experts, medical, 43.1 to 43.3
Plagiarism in professional publications, 38.3
Disputes between colleagues, 33.4
Press, enquiries via, 24.2
Validated and non-validated procedures, 32.6
Health professions, 36.1, 36.2
Medical profession, general duties, 4.1 to 6
- of, primary duties, 4.1, 4.1
Prognosis, patient communication, 11.4
Professional publications, 38.1 to 38.3
- false authorship, 38.3
- ethical misconduct, 38.3
Publication and medical records, 15.4
Repeated publication, 38.3
-, authorisation by high school, 37.2
Radio, consultations by, 24.2
Refusal of treatment, 31
Minimum technical resources, 22.1
Relations between doctors, 33.1 to 35.4
- - -, duty to inform about the patient, 9
Hierarchical relationship, 33.2
Religion, do not discriminate on the basis of religion, 4.2
-respect for religious convictions, 8.1
Remedies not sufficiently tested, 24.2, 32.6
Human reproduction, duty to provide information on, 26
Ethical respect, 4.1, 8.1, 14, 25.1, 27.1
- to the dignity of the person, 4.1
- privacy of the patient, 8.2
- freedom of the patient, 27.1
- free choice of doctor and health care institution, 7
- to human life, 4.1, 25.1, 25.1
- to the convictions of the sick person, 8.1
- the patient and the dignity of the practice, 14
Public responsibilities of the WTO, 5.2, 40.4
Risk of death, obligation to attend, 4.5
Patient health as a priority, 4.3
Executive secrecy, on management governance, 41.5
-, doctor's collaborators, 17.1
- patient's right, 16.1
- legal derogations, 18(1), 18(4)
- derogation for patient protection, 18.3
- , derogation in disciplinary prosecution, 18.5
- derogation for doctor's defence, 18.2
- , derogation for protection of third parties, 18.3, 18.4
-, temporary duration, 16.4
- notifiable diseases, 18.4
-, subject own, 16.3
- Team Medicine, 17.2
- , universality, 16.2
Sensationalism in publications, 38.3
Pseudonyms, 37.4
Sanitation system, 5.2
- deficiencies, 5.2
Suicide, attempted, 31
Artificial survival, 28.3
Suspension of care, 4.6
- - - - terminals, 28.3
- of the doctor-patient relationship, 9, 10
Substitution of the disabled colleague, 33.6
Telephone, queries by, 24.2
Useless therapeutics, 28.3
degree scroll of expert's performance, obligation to communicate, to patient, 43.3
Academic or professional qualifications, use, 24.3, 37.3, 37.5
Torture, abstention from participation, 30.1, 30.2
-obligation to report, 30.1, 30.1
Simulated treatments, 24.3
Transplantation of organs, 28.3, 29.1, 29.2, 29. 3, 29.2, 29. 3
- , dead body, 39.2
- duty to promote, 29.1
-, diagnosis of death, 28.3
-, inter vivos, 29.3
- to minors or incapacitated persons, 30.2
Deontological Unit, 41.6
-, obligation attend, 4.5, 21.2
Use of securities not owned, 37.3
Value of human life, 25.1
Sale, prohibition, 44.4
Truth, communicate it to the patient or relatives, 11.4
Human life, value and respect, 25.1