The new Italian code of medical ethics.

The new Italian code of medical ethics.

In June 1995, the Italian code of medical ethics was revised in order that its principles should reflect the ever-changing relationship between the medical profession and society and between physicians and patients. The updated code is also a response to new ethical problems created by scientific progress; the discussion of such problems often shows up a need for better understanding on the par...

New boundaries of prescription: focus on section 13 of the new Italian code of medical ethics.

2758 Dear Editor, Each code of medical ethics should undergo periodical revisions and updates inspired by the need to align the ethical evaluation to the latest medical issues determined by scientific progress and the passage of time1. However, compared to the advances of biomedical knowledge and practices the considerable time frame spent on code renewal (e.g. an average of 8 years, in Italy) ...

Comment on "The static evolution of the new Italian code of medical ethics".

Eight years since the last revision, in May 2014 the Italian code of medical ethics has been updated. Here, the Authors examine the reform in the light of the increasing difficulties of the medical profession arising from the severity of the Italian law Courts. The most significant aspects of this new code are firstly, the patient's freedom of self-determination and secondly, risk prevention th...

Medical error disclosure: from the therapeutic alliance to risk management: the vision of the new Italian code of medical ethics

BACKGROUND The Italian code of medical deontology recently approved stipulates that physicians have the duty to inform the patient of each unwanted event and its causes, and to identify, report and evaluate adverse events and errors. Thus the obligation to supply information continues to widen, in some way extending beyond the doctor-patient relationship to become an essential tool for improvin...

The new code of ethics of the Canadian Medical Association.