Code Of Ethics Code A Dietitian

The Code of Ethics is a set of rules for practitioner behaviour as it helps the practitioner to deal with the ethical practice dilemma or issue as well as help to build a public trust in the activities of a profession. [2] The code of ethics for different professionals may vary from one another. According to Malaysian Dietitians’ Association (MDA), the code covers 5 topics for the dietitian which are professional competence, relationships with colleagues, relationships with clients, legal responsibilities and responsibilities to consumers and society. [3] Standard of practice describes the method or approach for monitoring and improving dietetics practice [2] to ensure that it is safe, effective and has quality. A complete guideline of Code …show more content…
A dietitian works hand in hand with doctors, pharmacists, speech therapists, anaesthetist, nurse and many others health care professionals to provide the best and quality services to every patient. For example, the clinical dietitians work with TPN pharmacists by assisting in monitoring nutritional intake from both oral and enteral feeding as well as determine patient’s nutritional need and nutrition care plan. Thus, it is important to maintain harmonious relations and appreciate others …show more content…
According to the Code of Ethics guideline, a dietitian should not promote the only single brand of product to their clients. Instead, a professional dietitian will give a wide range of choices of the products to them and give them some advice on choosing the product that related to their nutritional assessment. In this case, the consultation room of the dietitian will prepare some sample boxes of different brands of same the products in order to introduce the variety products in the market to the patients and let them have the chances to choose. In order to avoid violated this guideline, the dietitian is advised not to mention the brand name but the common name of the