[Towards a new Tunisian Medical Code of Deontology].

Abstract

The Medical Code of Deontology is a legal text including the physician's duties towards his patients, colleagues, auxiliaries and the community. Considering the scientific, legal and social changes, the deontology code should be revised periodically. The first Tunisian Medical Code of Deontology (TMCD) was promulgated in 1973 and abrogated in 1993 by the new Code. This version has never been reviewed and does not seem to fit the current conditions of medical practice. The TMCD does not contain texts referring to information given to the patient, pain control, palliative care and management of the end of life as well as protection of medical data. Furthermore, the TMCD does not include rules related to tissues and organs transplantation and medical assisted human reproduction in accordance with Tunisian legal texts. We aim in this paper at analyzing the insufficiencies of the TMCD and suggesting modifications in order to update it.

• Authors: Abir Aissaoui, Nidhal Haj Salem, Ali Chadly
• Journal: La Tunisie medicale (Tunis Med) Vol. 88 Issue 6 Pg. 373-7 (Jun 2010) ISSN: 0041-4131 [Print] Tunisia
• Vernacular Title: Vers un nouveau Code de Déontologie Médicale Tunisien.
• PMID: 20517844 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Codes of Ethics
• Ethics, Medical
• Tunisia