Dual Loyalty/Military Medicine

Cecil B. Wilson

World Medical Journal
World Medical Journal

Extract
Military medicine is described as the ethical issue of dual loyalty, and how it relates to those health care personnel who are both officers in the military and are medical officers such as doctors and nurses. . . Notably, I wear two hats − one to my country as an officer and one to my patients as their doctor. This clinical role may bring conflict between professional duties to a patient and obligations − expressed or implied, real or perceived, to the interest of a third party such as an employer, an insurer or the state − that can violate patient’s rights. Dual loyalty, in this case, is simultaneous for obligations expressed or implied to a patient and a third party such as the military.


Wilson CB. Dual Loyalty/Military Medicine. World Med J 2022 Nov;70(3): 4-7.

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