{"id":4151,"date":"2013-03-22T07:27:17","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T14:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4151"},"modified":"2023-01-22T17:34:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T01:34:21","slug":"autonomy-conscience-and-professional-obligation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4151","title":{"rendered":"Autonomy, conscience, and professional obligation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Robert D. Orr<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/amajethics.jpg\" alt=\"American Medical Association Journal of Ethics\" class=\"wp-image-11169\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">American Medical Association Journal of Ethics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract<\/strong><br>Health care professionals have a fiduciary relationship with their patients; i.e., because they have greater knowledge and authority than their patients, they have an obligation to be trustworthy and to serve patients\u2019 best interests. This has been taught since the era of Hippocrates and continues in contemporary medicine, as stated, for example, in the American Medical Association\u2019s Principles of Medical Ethics. . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Orr RD.  <a href=\"https:\/\/journalofethics.ama-assn.org\/article\/autonomy-conscience-and-professional-obligation\/2013-03\">Autonomy, conscience, and professional obligation<\/a>. Virtual Mentor. 2013;15(3):244-248. doi: 10.1001\/virtualmentor.2013.15.3.msoc1-1303.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert D. Orr ExtractHealth care professionals have a fiduciary relationship with their patients; i.e., because they have greater knowledge and authority than their patients, they have an obligation to be trustworthy and to serve patients\u2019 best interests. 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