Peter M'Vita-A-Mabika

Comments on the Congolese medical code of ethics Peter M'Vita-A-Mabika

Birth, health, illness, death, our life is also punctuated by relationships with the doctor. Medical ethics concerns us all. The Code of Medical Ethics is thus one of the essential texts to know the values supposed to guide our society. Almost 50 years old, the Congolese medical code of ethics has never been revised or modified. For this reason, it does not seem to be adapted to the current conditions of medicine. It does not contain provisions relating to the quality of care, patient information... it contains more duties and prohibitions for the physician than rights in his favor. This is a major shortcoming that needs to be addressed. In spite of the myriad of problems with this code, we have, as far as possible, analyzed each of its 73 articles in these comments. This would facilitate a good understanding and would also allow the physician to always keep his head high in front of the situations he is confronted with in his daily professional life. Hence, our book is more than a necessity because, at the moment, there is none.