Question 34 · LDEK · Physician's ethical obligations
According to the Code of Medical Ethics, the primary ethical imperative for the physician is:
- A. to protect the dignity of the medical profession.
- B. to act in accordance with one's conscience.
- C. to respect fellow doctors and to treat them with kindness.
- D. to act for the good of the patient.
- E. to obey the law without exception.
Hint
Recall the Latin maxim in the opening articles of the Code naming the supreme law of medical practice.
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