Society and medical profession need a mutual understanding of respective roles and obligations

Trust is the basis of the patient-doctor relationship. Medical organisations are expected to put societal interests above their own. - Filepic

Society and the medical profession have to understand their obligations towards each other and play their respective roles. 

The patient-doctor relationship has existed since time immemorial. The history of medicine is replete with stories of doctors working among the sick and even dying under appalling conditions. Doctors have also provided care to patients who were unable to pay for their services.