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Surgeon-Patient relationship

Maintain the Trust of Patients

• Maintaining trust is vital in your professional

relationships with patients, colleagues and

other co-workers.

• In fiduciary relationships one person is in a

position of vulnerability and relies on
another person for help, advice or

protection.

• Non-maleficence refers to doing no harm, the

surgeon acting to prevent harm to patients