Charter on Medical Professionalism: Putting the Charter into Practice
Authors: Charles M. Haskell
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2003)

Letters20 May 2003Charter on Medical Professionalism: Putting the Charter into PracticeCharles M. Haskell, MDCharles M. Haskell, MDVA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System; Los Angeles, CA 90073 (Haskell)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-138-10-200305200-00023 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:The physician charter (1) is an excellent start to defining a set of ethics and principles of integrity for the new millennium, but it doesn't go far enough. For reasons reviewed elsewhere (2), physicians in the United States must go beyond this charter by knowing and adhering to good business practices as one of their many professional responsibilities. Two models illustrate this perspective. The first is the medical model of disease, which was expanded in 1977 by George Engel into the biopsychosocial model of disease (3). Today, society is increasingly concerned with health, not just disease. Health ...References1. Medical professionalism in the new millennium: a physician charter. Ann Intern Med. 2002;136:243-6. [PMID: 11827500] LinkGoogle Scholar2. Haskell CM. Healthcare ethics and integrity. Veterans Health Systems Journal. 2000; September/October:53-60. Google Scholar3. Engel GL. The need for a new medical model: a challenge for biomedicine. Science. 1977;196:129-36. [PMID: 847460] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Potter VR. Bioethics, the science of survival. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine. 1970;14:127-53. CrossrefGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System; Los Angeles, CA 90073 (Haskell) PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoMedical Professionalism in the New Millennium: A Physician CharterCharter 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 Charter on Medical Professionalism: Putting the Charter into Practice Yevgeniya Nusinovich Charter 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 Metrics 20 May 2003Volume 138, Issue 10Page: 852KeywordsBioethicsHealth care sectorHealth economicsMedical ethics ePublished: 20 May 2003 Issue Published: 20 May 2003 CopyrightCopyright © 2003 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF DownloadLoading ...