A Queenstown-based doctor has successfully petitioned the World Medical Association to look at changing the Physician’s Oath. Dr Sam Hazledine, founder of MedRecruit, said he was confident following public consultation his proposed addition to the Declaration of Geneva, which puts a focus on doctors’ wellbeing, would be ratified at the next full general assembly in Chicago next October. "The profession is in a massive crisis, but it’s a crisis we hide behind our professional facade. Dr Hazledine said core to the medical profession was the "patient-came-first" attitude, which meant doctors sacrificed their own wellbeing for that of their patients. "The shift is not saying ‘put the patients second’; it’s saying ‘the patients come first, so I really need to look after myself’.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 03, 2016 17:09 UTC