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Good Medical Practice (2006)

Good doctors - paragraph 1

1. Patients need good doctors. Good doctors make the care of their patients their first concern: they are competent, keep their knowledge and skills up to date, establish and maintain good relationships with patients and colleagues*, are honest and trustworthy, and act with integrity.

* Those a doctor works with, whether or not they are also doctors.