Louisiana State University Shreveport Medical School - Pulse Yearbook (Shreveport, LA)

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Ethics - An Obligation WhoT does iT meon To prooTioe medicine eThiool- ly? IT meons giving in To inTerminobIy long hours when poTienT welfore is oT sToke. IT meons sub- miTTing To volumes of endless, Teoious poper- work, knowing ThoT ooouroTe record-keeping is clinioolly viTol. IT meons being shorply, compul- sively observonT of every poTienT every doy. IT meons hisTories ond physicols ThoT ore oorefully done, oompleTeIy compleTe. IT meons Toking The pooresT, soddesT, mosT hopeless ond clisoourog- ing poTienT ond giving ThoT person, os well os oThers, one's obsoluTe besT. One connoT do oll of These Things wiThouT on inTrinsic goodness, o lov- ing heorT, ond on obioing respecT for The digniTy of simply being humon. , , , i 4 Y 1i -i 6 lnfroducllon lp

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Fi s. 7' ,AN X s 5 'ff L sa X You will discover that while the patient wants the best and most modern treatment available, he is also badly in need of the old-fashioned friend that a doctor has always personified and which you must continue to be. Dr. G. Gundersen, Past President, AMA Introduction 0 5

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lf a man is good in his heart, then he is an ethical member of any group in society. lf he is bad in his heart, he is an unethical member. To me, the ethics of medical practice is as simple as that. Dr. Elmer Hess, Past President, AMA Lf! I 'I ,t l , - - l 'TTKSN l t t lnfroducflon 7