Codes of Medical Ethics
Codes serve to regulate and set standards for professionals to follow, and informs society of the conduct expected of professionals [1]. The term medical ethics was not coined till 1803 when Thomas Percival wrote his eponymous book [2, 3], however the foundation of medical morality, informed by cu...
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Oxford University Press
2017
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