Box 1.

Physician charter on medical professionalism.

Three Fundamental Principles

1.Primacy of patient welfare

2.Patient autonomy

3.Social justice

Ten Professional Commitments

1.Commitment to professional competence

2.Commitment to honesty with patients

3.Commitment to patient confidentiality

4.Commitment to maintaining appropriate relations with patients

5.Commitment to improving quality of care

6.Commitment to improving access to care

7.Commitment to a just distribution of finite resources

8.Commitment to scientific knowledge

9.Commitment to maintaining trust by managing conflicts of interest

10.Commitment to professional responsibilities

Adapted from Blank et al.[1]