TY - JOUR PY - 2014/05/14 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The Study of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Medical Law and Ethics among Doctors in a Tertiary Care Hospital JF - Annals of King Edward Medical University JA - Annals KEMU VL - 19 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.21649/akemu.v19i1.492 UR - https://www.annalskemu.org/journal/index.php/annals/article/view/492 SP - 55 AB - <p><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p><strong>Objective:</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;To assess the knowledge, attitude and pra-ctice regarding medical law and ethics among doctors of a medical unit in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Lahore.</p> <p><strong>Study Design:</strong>&nbsp; Descriptive cross - sectional study.</p> <p><strong>Methodology:</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;A three part self - administered struc-tured questionnaire designed to test the knowledge and practices regarding medical law and ethics was distri-buted among doctors in a medical unit in Mayo Hospi-tal, Lahore during September - October, 2012.</p> <strong>Results:&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>The 52 respondent doctors included in the study comprised of 20 (38.5%) house officers, 22 (42.3%) postgraduate residents and 10 (19.2%) consu-ltants. In keeping with the Pakistan Medical and Den-tal Council code of ethics, the correct responses of house officers, postgraduate residents and consultants&nbsp;regarding knowledge of medical law and ethics were respectively 50%, 27.3% and 10% for patient's auto-nomy, 40%, 36.4% and 10% for adhering to patient's wishes, 10%, 63.6% and 50% for breaching confiden-tiality, 35%, 36.4% and 0% for informed consent, 10%, 22.7% and 10% for doing best regardless of pati-ent's opinion, 5%, 31.8% and 10% for informing pati-ent's relatives, 15%, 4.5% and 0% for treating violent patients. The practical application part of the question-naire was a general reflection of the knowledge and attitudes. <p><strong>Conclusion:&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>Most of the doctors were poorly acqu-ainted with PMDC code of ethics.</p> <p><strong>Key Words:&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>Medical law and ethics, autonomy, con-fidentiality.</p> ER -