Commitment to honesty with patients . Physicians must ensure that patients are completely and honestly informed before the patient has consented to treatment and after treatment has occurred . Physicians should also be aware that in health care , medical errors that injure patients do sometimes occur . Whenever patients are injured as a consequence of medical care , patients should be informed promptly . Commitment to patient confidentiality . Earning the trust and confidence of patients requires that appropriate confidentiality safeguards be applied to disclosure of...











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