Consultant General Surgeon at the University of Jos, Prof. Benjamin Ugwu, yesterday urged his colleagues in the medical profession to respect the autonomy and sanctity of their patients while treating them.
Ugwu also urged doctors not to allow age, creed, ethnicity, nationality, political affiliation, social standing, religious considerations or any other factor to interfere in their duty to their patients.
He stated this while speaking as guest lecturer at the 2017 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) of the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) on the theme: New Physicians Oath And Its Role In Contemporary Medical Practice.
Referring to the new physicians’ declaration of the World Medical Association (WMA), christened “Universal Declaration of Geneva” in 1948, Ugwu admonished doctors to practice the profession with conscience and dignity in accordance with good medical practice, which respect secrets even after their patients have died.
Expert urges doctors to respect autonomy, sanctity of patients
