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The impact of medical tourism and the code of medical ethics on advertisement in Nigeria
Advances in management of clinical conditions are being made in several resource poor countries including Nigeria. Yet, the code of medical ethics which bars physician and health practices from advertising the kind of services they render deters these practices. This is worsened by the incursion of...
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The African Field Epidemiology Network
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4337373/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25722776 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.19.103.5217 |
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author | Makinde, Olusesan Ayodeji Brown, Brandon Olaleye, Olalekan |
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description | Advances in management of clinical conditions are being made in several resource poor countries including Nigeria. Yet, the code of medical ethics which bars physician and health practices from advertising the kind of services they render deters these practices. This is worsened by the incursion of medical tourism facilitators (MTF) who continue to market healthcare services across countries over the internet and social media thereby raising ethical questions. A significant review of the advertisement ban in the code of ethics is long overdue. Limited knowledge about advances in medical practice among physicians and the populace, the growing medical tourism industry and its attendant effects, and the possibility of driving brain gain provide evidence to repeal the code. Ethical issues, resistance to change and elitist ideas are mitigating factors working in the opposite direction. The repeal of the code of medical ethics against advertising will undoubtedly favor health facilities in the country that currently cannot advertise the kind of services they render. A repeal or review of this code of medical ethics is necessary with properly laid down guidelines on how advertisements can be and cannot be done. |
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spelling | pubmed-43373732015-02-26 The impact of medical tourism and the code of medical ethics on advertisement in Nigeria Makinde, Olusesan Ayodeji Brown, Brandon Olaleye, Olalekan Pan Afr Med J Essay Advances in management of clinical conditions are being made in several resource poor countries including Nigeria. Yet, the code of medical ethics which bars physician and health practices from advertising the kind of services they render deters these practices. This is worsened by the incursion of medical tourism facilitators (MTF) who continue to market healthcare services across countries over the internet and social media thereby raising ethical questions. A significant review of the advertisement ban in the code of ethics is long overdue. Limited knowledge about advances in medical practice among physicians and the populace, the growing medical tourism industry and its attendant effects, and the possibility of driving brain gain provide evidence to repeal the code. Ethical issues, resistance to change and elitist ideas are mitigating factors working in the opposite direction. The repeal of the code of medical ethics against advertising will undoubtedly favor health facilities in the country that currently cannot advertise the kind of services they render. A repeal or review of this code of medical ethics is necessary with properly laid down guidelines on how advertisements can be and cannot be done. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014-09-29 /pmc/articles/PMC4337373/ /pubmed/25722776 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.19.103.5217 Text en © Olusesan Ayodeji Makinde et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Essay Makinde, Olusesan Ayodeji Brown, Brandon Olaleye, Olalekan The impact of medical tourism and the code of medical ethics on advertisement in Nigeria |
title | The impact of medical tourism and the code of medical ethics on advertisement in Nigeria |
title_full | The impact of medical tourism and the code of medical ethics on advertisement in Nigeria |
title_fullStr | The impact of medical tourism and the code of medical ethics on advertisement in Nigeria |
title_full_unstemmed | The impact of medical tourism and the code of medical ethics on advertisement in Nigeria |
title_short | The impact of medical tourism and the code of medical ethics on advertisement in Nigeria |
title_sort | impact of medical tourism and the code of medical ethics on advertisement in nigeria |
topic | Essay |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4337373/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25722776 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.19.103.5217 |
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