- Professional courtesy
Professional courtesy is the tradition among
physician s not to charge for treatment of each other's family. cite web| title = AMA Code of Medical Ethics, E-6.13, Professional Courtesy| work = | url = http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/8376.html| accessdate=2006-12-13 ] The purpose was to discourage physicians from having members of their own family as patients, as well as to foster bonds among physicians. The custom dates back toHippocrates . Rathbun, Katharine C., M.D.; Richards, Edward P. III, J.D.; "Professional Courtesy"; Missouri Medicine; 1998;95:18-20; [http://biotech.law.lsu.edu/Articles/Professional_Courtesy.html (on-line)] .]The term may also be applied to specific behaviors in non-medical professions, such as police officers not ticketing each other. cite web| title = Professional Courtesy| work = NJLawman.com|url = http://njlawman.com/Feature%20Pieces/Professional%20Courtesy.htm| accessdate = 2006-12-13] The phrase may also be applied in a literal form, such as required ethical behavior of lawyers towards each other. cite web| title = Code of Professional Courtesy| work = Kentucky Bar Association| url = http://www.kybar.org/Default.aspx?tabid=228| accessdate = 2006-12-13]
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