Table 3.

Common examples of unethical practices

Providing less time in OPDs and IPDs of government Hospital and more time in private clinic	In hospital not discharging duties in optimum manner	Intentionally treating patients potentially having frequent relapses and recurrences
Abusing, coercing, threatening, blackmailing patients with respect to the privacy	Providing wrong evidence in court	Issuing false certificates for sick benefit, pension, attendance in court, insurance, and passport
Criticizing the prescriptions of other or same subject specialists	Proper and timely referral not being done	Withholding information of notifiable diseases
Opening medicine shop for sale and gaining profit	Refusal to consult patient on religious ground	Consultation of patients in drunked state where judgement is poor

OPDs – Out patient departments; IPDs – In patient departments