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Deontology and its role in practice medicine in Albania
Bardhyl Çipi
; Faculty of Medicine, Tirana, Albania
Abstract
Deontology consists of rights that society bestows to some professions, including the medical profession, to self-regulate and insure the independence of physicians to exercise their profession despite possible external pressures.
In this paper the author summarizes the concepts of medical deontology, its role in respecting and protecting the interest of patients and the interest of society as well as the concept that the medical profession can best protect people’s health. Afterward, some historical information on medical deontology is given.
Bioethics and medical ethics are an extension of medical deontology in response to new developments in medicine. In the last part of the paper the author analyses the situation of Medical Deontology in Albania and its role in improving the medical practices of the current
situation in Albania.
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153745
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Publication date:
1.12.2015.
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