PHTY304 Lecture 2: as
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Unprofessional conduct is a finding that indicates a practitioner"s conduct has fallen below the standard reasonably expected by the public or the practitioner"s professional peers (forrester & This finding can relate to a range of behaviours, such as (among others) providing unnecessary or excessive health care services, accepting inducements to refer patients to the services of another service provider or vice versa;or referringapatienttoa serviceinwhichtheprofessionalhasafinancialinterest(forrester & griffiths) In other words, the conduct of health professionals is expected to be worthy of the trust placed in the professions by those who have no choice but to seek professional health care. The principle of non-maleficence is expressed by one of the most quoted maxims in the history of health care, primum non nocere: above all, do no harm". The principle of non-maleficence holds that it is a fundamental moral wrong to intentionally or negligently cause harm to a person.
