Department of Intensive Care Medicine, St Thomas' Hospital, London.
Clin Med (Lond). 2002 Mar-Apr;2(2):116-8. doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.2-2-116.
The practice of medicine in the modern era is beset with unprecedented challenges in virtually all cultures and societies. These challenges centre on increasing disparities between the legitimate needs of patients, the available resources to meet those needs, the increasing dependence on market forces to transform healthcare systems, and the temptation for physicians to forsake their traditional commitment to the primacy of patients' interests. To maintain the fidelity of medicine's social contract during this turbulent time, we believe that physicians must reaffirm their active dedication to the principles of professionalism, which entails not only their personal commitment to the welfare of their patients but also collective efforts to improve the healthcare system for the welfare of society. This Charter on Medical Professionalism is intended to encourage such dedication and to promote an action agenda for the profession of medicine that is universal in scope and purpose.
在几乎所有文化和社会中，现代医学实践都面临着前所未有的挑战。这些挑战集中在患者的合理需求、满足这些需求的可用资源、医疗保健系统对市场力量的日益依赖以及医生背离其对患者利益至上的传统承诺的诱惑之间日益扩大的差距上。为了在这个动荡时期维护医学社会契约的忠诚性，我们认为医生必须重申他们对专业精神原则的积极奉献，这不仅需要他们个人致力于患者的福祉，还需要集体努力改善医疗保健系统以促进社会福祉。本《医学专业精神宪章》旨在鼓励这种奉献精神，并推动一项医学专业的行动议程，该议程在范围和目的上具有普遍性。
