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Towards a new Tunisian Medical Code of Deontology
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20517844     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The Medical Code of Deontology is a legal text including the physician's duties towards his patients, colleagues, auxiliaries and the community. Considering the scientific, legal and social changes, the deontology code should be revised periodically. The first Tunisian Medical Code of Deontology (TMCD) was promulgated in 1973 and abrogated in 1993 by the new Code. This version has never been reviewed and does not seem to fit the current conditions of medical practice. The TMCD does not contain texts referring to information given to the patient, pain control, palliative care and management of the end of life as well as protection of medical data. Furthermore, the TMCD does not include rules related to tissues and organs transplantation and medical assisted human reproduction in accordance with Tunisian legal texts. We aim in this paper at analyzing the insufficiencies of the TMCD and suggesting modifications in order to update it.
Authors:
Abir Aissaoui; Nidhal Haj Salem; Ali Chadly
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Publication Detail:
Type:  English Abstract; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  La Tunisie médicale     Volume:  88     ISSN:  0041-4131     ISO Abbreviation:  Tunis Med     Publication Date:  2010 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-06-02     Completed Date:  2010-09-13     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0413766     Medline TA:  Tunis Med     Country:  Tunisia    
Other Details:
Languages:  fre     Pagination:  373-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Service de Médecine Légale, Hôpital Universitaire Fattouma Bourguiba de Monastir.
Vernacular Title:
Vers un nouveau Code de Déontologie Médicale Tunisien.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Codes of Ethics*
Ethics, Medical*
Tunisia

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