Medical ethics and the payment of fees before treatment

Whether it is ethically acceptable for doctors to require payment of fees before treatment depends on interpretation of the ethical rules of the profession, the circumstances of the doctor-patient relationship, the urgency of the patient's need for treatment, and whether refusal to treat before payment represents abandonment of a patient.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McQuoid-Mason,David
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: South African Medical Association 2011
Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0256-95742011001100010
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