[Self-effacement].
The authors reflect around a medical virtue much needed in estimating the doctor-patient relationship in our time, they call "self-effacement". That is, the attitude and disposition of medical professional to be faithful to the trust placed in him patient, always willing to help and search for their best interests. Whenever decisions respected and physician conscience is maintained.
Comisión Deontológica, Colegio de Médicos de Madrid. Master de Bioética y Bioderecho, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid.C/ Peña Santa 55, 28034 Madrid. manueldesantiago@gmail.com.
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D000533:Altruism; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations