Charter on Medical Professionalism: Putting the Charter into Practice
Authors: Yevgeniya Nusinovich
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2003)

Letters20 May 2003Charter on Medical Professionalism: Putting the Charter into PracticeYevgeniya Nusinovich, SBYevgeniya Nusinovich, SBGeorge Washington University School of Medicine; Washington, DC 20037 (Nusinovich)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-138-10-200305200-00033 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:In reading the charter on medical professionalism (1), I was concerned with one aspect of these new guidelines, the commitment to honesty with patients, which states that physicians must ensure that patients are completely and honestly informed before consenting to a treatment. Many cultures do not welcome the disclosure of the complete diagnosis. Some examples of such cultural differences were described in case studies published in recent issues of the Journal of the American Medical Association. While discussing cross-cultural issues at the end of life (2), Drs. Kagawa-Singer and Blackhall brought up examples of patients who come ...References1. Medical professionalism in the new millennium: a physician charter. Ann Intern Med. 2002;136:243-6. [PMID: 11827500] LinkGoogle Scholar2. Kagawa-Singer M, Blackhall LJ. Negotiating cross-cultural issues at the end of life: You got to go where he lives. JAMA. 2001;286:2993-3001. [PMID: 11743841] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. McPhee SJ. Caring for a 70-year-old Vietnamese woman. JAMA. 2002;287:495-504. [PMID: 11798372] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: George Washington University School of Medicine; Washington, DC 20037 (Nusinovich) PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoMedical Professionalism in the New Millennium: A Physician CharterCharter on Medical Professionalism: Putting the Charter into Practice Risa Lavizzo-Mourey Charter on Medical Professionalism: Putting the Charter into Practice Christopher J. Lyons Charter on Medical Professionalism: Putting the Charter into Practice Richard L. Cruess and Sylvia L. Cruess Charter on Medical Professionalism: Putting the Charter into Practice Sadeq A. Quraishi and Ayesha N. Khalid Charter on Medical Professionalism: Putting the Charter into Practice Neil J. Smelser Charter on Medical Professionalism: Putting the Charter into Practice Charles M. Haskell Charter on Medical Professionalism: Putting the Charter into Practice Neil J. Smelser Charter on Medical Professionalism: Putting the Charter into Practice Donatella Lippi , GianFranco Gensini , and Andrea A. Conti Charter on Medical Professionalism: Putting the Charter into Practice Neil J. Smelser Charter on Medical Professionalism: Putting the Charter into Practice Jerome C. Arnett Jr. Charter on Medical Professionalism: Putting the Charter into Practice Sylvia L. Cruess and Richard L. Cruess Charter on Medical Professionalism: Putting the Charter into Practice Robert Feldman Charter on Medical Professionalism: Putting the Charter into Practice Walter J. McDonald Charter on Medical Professionalism: Putting the Charter into Practice Steven A. Wartman Charter on Medical Professionalism: Putting the Charter into Practice Jordan J. Cohen Metrics Cited ByThe Charter on Medical Professionalism: an important issue that concerns us allLa Charte du professionnalisme médical : question importante qui nous concerne tousA physician charter on medical professionalism: a challenge for medical education 20 May 2003Volume 138, Issue 10Page: 855KeywordsDisclosureTreatment guidelines ePublished: 20 May 2003 Issue Published: 20 May 2003 CopyrightCopyright © 2003 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF DownloadLoading ...