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Lecture for Medical Students at Faculty of Medicine, King Fahad Medical City in
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 04 January 2015. By Professor Omar Hasan
Kasule Sr. MB ChB (MUK), MPH
(Harvard), DrPH (Harvard) Faculty of Medicine, King Fahad Medical City, Chairman
of the Ethics Committee and the Institutional Review Board, KFMC, Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia.
Introduction:
Medical Profession Ethics and Regulations
Honour of the Healthcare Professions
Sources of Healthcare Professional Ethics
Healthcare Profession Honour
Role of Role-Models
Chapter 1: Healthcare Practitioner Ethics
Devotion and Feeling the Worship of Allah (SWT)
Demonstration of the Best of Manners
Self-accountability
Avoidance of Trivialities and Pettiness
Chapter 2: Healthcare Practitioner’s Duties Towards
Patients
Good Treatment of Patient
Achieving Patient’s Interest and Guarding His/Her
Right
Patient’s Consent
Reassurance of Patient
Maintaining Patient’s Secrets – Confidentiality
Photographing Patients and Recording Their Voices
Dealing with Patients Who Refuse a Medical Procedure
Conscientious Objection to Refrain from Treating a
Patient
Chapter 3: Healthcare Practitioner’s Duties Towards
Community
Chapter 4: Healthcare Practitioner’s Duties Towards
Professional Colleagues
Chapter 5: Healthcare Practitioner’s Duties Towards
Him/Herself
Chapter 6: Healthcare Practitioners’ Duties Towards
His/Her Profession
Chapter 7: Observance of Religious Rulings
Ruling on Exposing Private Parts of the Body (Awra)
Rulings in Abortion
Relation between the Opposite Sexes
Healthcare Practitioner’s Relations outside the Limits
of the Profession
Religiously Forbidden Procedures and Treatment Methods
Chapter 8: Ethics of Teaching and Learning on Patients
Chapter 9: Ethics of Documentation and Authentication
Medical Record
Certificates and Reports
Medical Prescriptions
Chapter 10: Ethics of Financial Affairs in the
Healthcare Field
Healthcare Practitioner’s Fee
Practicing in Private Sector
Advertisements and Publicity
Participation in the Media
Gifts and Benefits
Relationships with Pharmaceutical and Medical
Equipment Companies
Insurance
Chapter 11: Ethics of Conducting Biomedical Research
Conducting Biomedical Research on Humans
Conducting Research and Experiments on Animals
Regulations for Accepting Scientific Research Grants
Regulations for Innovative Interventional Procedures
Chapter 12: Ethics of Dealing with Communicable Diseases
Chapter 13: Ethics of Dealing with the Developments in
Healthcare Practices
Chapter 14: Ethics of Dealing with Emergency
Situations
Chapter 15: Ethics of Dealing with Life-threatening
and Incurable Diseases
Does the Patient Have the Right to Refuse Treatment in
Incurable Conditions?
Should Medical Treatment Be Stopped?
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Conditions of Prolonged or Terminal Coma due to
Cerebral Cortical Damage