Obtaining a doctorate in pediatrics is only the first step in becoming a true pediatrician. There are certain moral and ethical guidelines that a primary care physician need to follow to maintain such a status. According to Mary E. Fallat, MD, Jacqueline Glover, PhD, and the committee on bioethics, a “good doctor” encapsulates both the scientific aspect and the art of medicine. In their academic article, Professionalism in Pediatrics published in the American Academy of Pediatrics’ journal during October 2007, streamlined these guidelines into a list of traits that pediatric doctors should develop to perform their work to their fullest capacity. The American Academy of Pediatrics have formed 8 components of professionalism that is the “core
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The first reason that Fallat and Glover give, is that a pediatrician’s relationships with patients and the patients’ families have been currently jeopardized by the burden of a modern business model (Fallat & Glover). With a more business-like medical practice, all physicians are asked to provide the same care as other pediatricians so that patients get similar treatment by differently trained pediatric doctors. Fallat and Glover paraphrase in their journal, “The American College of Physicians...noted...that written guidelines are not a substitute for the experience and integrity of individual physicians but may serve as a reminder of the shared duties and obligations of the medical profession” (Fallat & Glover). The American College of Physicians agreed with the views of The American Academy of Pediatrics journal that all physicians should learn the aspects of professionalism; even though, it may not be a substitute for the morals of each actual person behind the doctorate degree. Fallat and Glover continue the argument that with more patients for each pediatrician, medical and social histories per patient, less time to see each patient, and new medical technologies, the pediatrician will have to adapt to a common moral format as not to “lose sight” of the primary purpose of his/her occupation; which is, to provide the maximum medical assistance to every individual the doctor comes across (Fallat &
The first reason that Fallat and Glover give, is that a pediatrician’s relationships with patients and the patients’ families have been currently jeopardized by the burden of a modern business model (Fallat & Glover). With a more business-like medical practice, all physicians are asked to provide the same care as other pediatricians so that patients get similar treatment by differently trained pediatric doctors. Fallat and Glover paraphrase in their journal, “The American College of Physicians...noted...that written guidelines are not a substitute for the experience and integrity of individual physicians but may serve as a reminder of the shared duties and obligations of the medical profession” (Fallat & Glover). The American College of Physicians agreed with the views of The American Academy of Pediatrics journal that all physicians should learn the aspects of professionalism; even though, it may not be a substitute for the morals of each actual person behind the doctorate degree. Fallat and Glover continue the argument that with more patients for each pediatrician, medical and social histories per patient, less time to see each patient, and new medical technologies, the pediatrician will have to adapt to a common moral format as not to “lose sight” of the primary purpose of his/her occupation; which is, to provide the maximum medical assistance to every individual the doctor comes across (Fallat &