Good Medical Practice (GMP)

Healthcare Management

Doctors have been considered God at every level of perception and from every segment of the society.

Doctors are in a unique position to not only treat illness and disease, but to reassure their patients about their treatment and long-term prognosis.

Good Medical Practice includes that Doctor must be skilled in science, diagnosis and treatment, practise  ethically. Patients' welfare  must  be their first concern. 

Communication is the most important skill for a doctor. Asking them questions about their health and then explaining their diagnoses and treatment plans in terms the patients can understand.

Diagnosing a patient involves understanding the symptoms exhibited and putting them together to understand what is wrong with the patient internally that allow medical decisions about treatment and prognosis to be made.

Diagnosis should direct the course of treatment and the consequences of a wrong diagnosis can be devastating.

The doctor may then treat the patient. Treatment involves providing the correct recommendations to a patient, including medicine and surgery.

A prompt treatment could bring back a patient to normal health.

2000 years ago Aiyan Thiruvalluvar defined the Good Medical Practice.

நோய்நாடி நோய்முதல் நாடி அதுதணிக்கும்

வாய்நாடி வாய்ப்பச் செயல். (948)

ठीक समझ कर रोग क्या, उसका समझ निदान ।
समझ युक्ति फिर शमन का, करना यथा विधान ॥ (९४८)

Explanation by Scholars: 

Let the physician enquire into the (nature of the) disease, its cause and its method of cure and treat it faithfully according to good medical practice.

நோய் இன்னதென்று ஆராய்ந்து, நோயின் காரணம் ஆராய்ந்து, அதைத் தணிக்கும் வழியையும் ஆராய்ந்து, உடலுக்கு பொருந்தும்படியாகச் செய்ய வேண்டும்.