Problems of Deontology in Modern Medicine

Abstract

The article "Problems of deontology in modern medicine" provides: inoculation of deontology in the learning process, the word of the doctor, deontology of medicinal treatment, deontology in pediatric, deontology of family medicine, deontology of hospice, deontology of euthanasia and abortion, deontology of transplantation, medical error. By accumulating experience of treatment for thousands of years, doctors have constant problems with solving the moral and ethical principles of their profession: responsibility to themselves and to society for their professional activity in choosing the means and methods of treatment; donation and transplantation; artificial interruption of pregnancy and euthanasia, and many others. Today there is a fantastic progress in medicine, medical technology and the invention of effective therapeutic agents. However, fullfledged medical activity is possible only on condition of accordance with the rules of medical ethics, deontology. Future physician should receive the first notions about the deontology from the first days of studying at a university, before arriving at clinical departments. We mean the moral and ethical principles of the educational process in the dissecting room, during the educational experiments with test animals, and especially-in the study course "Caring for the sick." Only on this condition, the student, having come to the clinical department, will have the opportunity to be correctly orientated in the studying deontology. The issue of deontology, especially in our time, needs to be given considerable attention throughout the course of postgraduate education, that is, when passing courses of perfection, precertification cycles. In the healing of a sick person, the word of the doctor is very important. A good doctor starts treatment with a good word. The words and behavior of the doctor in communicating with the patient should Problems of deontology in modern medicinebe chosen so thoughtfully, carefully and balanced, as in the situation with selecting the doses of potent drugs. The confidence and perseverance of the doctor, shown in a friendly and soft form, also help to establish an optimal contact. By showing an appropriate respect to the patient, the doctor must still maintain a certain distance, prevent the backslapping. Summing up reflections on the problem of medical errors, it will advisable to give such advice: "Do not be afraid to trust your common sense, keep in the heart love to your patient and did not be afraid to make an error, really humane doctor almost do not make it".