Reproduced from [Greater Kashmir] Medicine – Still a Noble profession? How essential is morality to health care practice? Over centuries, the Medical fraternity has maintained the ethical standards. Their magnificent contributions and landmark discoveries in medical sciences and innovations in diagnostic and therapeutic techniques have revolutionized patient care, saved countless lives, and significantly improved longevity and the quality of human life.
Beyond its scientific and technical contributions, medicine is uniquely fulfilling as a, ‘Noble profession’. In return, it has been accorded the respect of society, of other professions as a noble profession imbued with eminence, dignity, high ideals, and ethical values. In the recent past, unfortunately, there has been a sharp decline in the ethical conduct of some of the medical practitioners. Materialistic influence has produced…
