Assessing Healthcare Ethics and Law among Egyptian Physicians at Educational and Non-Educational Hospitals

Shaimaa Baher Abdel-Aziz, Maha Abdelrahman Mowafy, Dina Ahmed Shokry, Nahla Ashraf Zaitoun

Abstract: Medical ethics is a system of moral principles that apply values and judgments to the practice of clinical medicine. This cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the knowledge, perceptions and practices towards healthcare ethics and law among physicians in educational and non-educational hospitals at Zagazig, governorate, Egypt. A self-administered structured questionnaire was used to assess knowledge, perceptions and a checklist for doctorPatient interaction. The study included 792 physicians having different grades and specialists. Physicians working in the Educational hospitals received more medical training (P

Keywords: Health care ethics, KAP, Curriculum, Training programs, Physicians