TY  - JOUR
T1  - EThics and medical practices
AU  - Schwartz A
Y1  - 1969/07/28
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1969.03160170058023
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 562
EP  - 562
VL  - 209
IS  - 4
N2  - To the Editor:— 
    Special articles, such as "Theories of Ethics and Medical Practice" by Chauncey D. Leake (208:842, 1969), present the historical perspective and an overview of the significant problem of ethics in modern medicine. Specific issues, such as informed consent, have again been discussed in generalities and platitudes. These do not suggest the degree to which they must be followed so that we may be certain that we have obtained ethical goals. In talking of informed consent, Dr. Leake states:Fletcher says that a doctor owes patients the truth as fully and as honestly as owing skill and proper care. This responsibility goes further to the use of every aspect of tact and gentleness... every care to avoid hastiness, casualness, and unpleasantness... a duty of every physician is honest exposition to patients in terminology suited to their intelligence.In clinical research, tact, honesty and truthful dealings with patients
SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1969.03160170058023
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1969.03160170058023
ER  -