The practice of health care brings with it a range of ethical demands and requirements, and practitioners need to ensure that they maintain high ethical standards. The Code outlines the ethical domain within which Chinese medicine practitioners work, and articulates the kinds of expectations, obligations and requirements that arise in relation to this domain. The Code is a statement of six areas of philosophical value that can guide practitioners in developing their ethical perspectives. These areas are:

1         Towards the health of the patient – patient well being is the priority

2         The practitioner-patient relationship – this includes boundaries, privacy and trust

3         Encountering difficulties – with respect, fairness, compassion and dignity

4         The ethics of money – this includes managing potential conflicts of interest

5         Chinese medicine and the wider society – promoting the good name of the profession

6         The cultivation of the practitioner – professionally and personally.

These fields of ethical value have been outlined in order to inspire, educate, and affirm what is important in ethical thinking and practice.

Please promote and display thisin your Chinese medicine practices.