What we swore by publicly once when we first started out –
SMC Physician’s Pledge
I solemnly pledge to:
dedicate my life to the service of humanity; give due respect and gratitude to my teachers;
practise my profession with conscience and dignity;
make the health of my patient my first consideration;
respect the secrets which are confided in me;
uphold the honour and noble traditions of the medical profession;
respect my colleagues as my professional brothers and sisters;
not allow the considerations of race, religion, nationality or social standing to intervene between my duty and my patient;
maintain due respect for human life;
use my medical knowledge in accordance with the laws of humanity;
comply with the provisions of the Ethical Code; and constantly strive to add to my knowledge and skill.
I make these promises solemnly, freely and upon my honour
What I remind myself everyday :-
THE CYNIC SINGAPORE PHYSICIAN’S PLEDGE
I solemnly pledge to:
dedicate my life to the service of the clinic rent/loan;
give due respect and gratitude to my teachers (who did not cover for me and left me out to hang high and dry when I accidentally screwed up);
practise my profession with what’s left of my conscience and dignity ;
make the defensive medicine consent-taking of my patient my first consideration;
respect the secrets which are confided in me which are NOT on the EMRX;
beware of the pernicious and internecine traditions of the medical profession
such as back-stabbing colleagues who are professional rivals;
not allow the considerations of race, religion, nationality or social standing to intervene between my duty and my non-managed care patient only;
maintain due respect for lawyers and lawyers’ fees;
use my medical knowledge in accordance with the unfathomably wise judgments of SMC;
comply with the provisions of the Ethical Code (out of fear rather than reason);
and constantly strive to add to my knowledge and skill (while sleeping at lunchtime CME talks).
I make these promises solemnly, unfreely and upon my defunct copy of the Guideline of Fees
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