Principle 2: The respect of free will and the personal responsibility that derives from its application.
Principle 3: At all times consider as one of your primary duties and highest priority, the health and well being of your patient.
Principle 4: To place integrity and professional ability amongst your primary duty.
Principle 5: To recognize your own limitations as well as the special skills of others in the prevention and treatment of ill-health and disease, refer on when needed to.
Principle 6: To honour and respect your professional colleagues and uphold your profession and its ongoing traditions.
Principle 7: To improve your professional knowledge and skills so that the best possible advice and available treatment can be offered to your patients.
Principle 8: Unless a legal duty of disclosure operates to remove confidentiality in a particular case, endeavour to protect the patient's confidentiality at all times.
* Updated 4 March 2022.
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