DOCTORS’ RIGHTS
The medical service rendered to society, the ethical guidelines of the
profession and the health legislation with its penalties for infringement of
the relevant rules and obligations, as well as the patients’rights, generate corresponding
rights for physicians.
GENERAL RIGHTS OF
PHYSICIANS
1. To be freely chosen by their patients as a repository
for their health and confidence.
2. Receive dignity and respect.
3. Have access to continuing medical education and be
considered on equal opportunities for professional development.
4. Have the availability and timely human and material
resources necessary for the proper performance of his career.
5. To receive
protection and compensation for health damage and harm that they cause, arising
and / or resulting from acts proper to the practice of their profession.
6. To receive extra compensation for professional risks.
7. - Receive compensation for their professional obligation
to assist anyone in any situation anywhere in the world.
8. To receive a fair fee or salary, commensurate with
their dignity, responsibility and preparation, regardless of the outcome of
their work.
9. Protection, preservation
and restoration of their professional standing.
10. Getting associated for the defense of their
professional interests and not receive differential
or discriminatory treatment.
11. Autonomy of practice.
12. Participate freely in patient care.
13. Access to research and teaching in the field of their
profession.
14. Get evaluation of their practice in all areas by
doctors with equal or superior knowledge.
15. To participate on equal terms in commissions on development
and establishment of budgets, rates and scales of their health care.
16. To participate on equal terms in the planning,
development and management of health systems.
SWISSpsy / ASPROMEL, Madrid, October 26, 2014
