RESUMO
The increasing exposure of the medical professions in general and obstetricians in particular to claims for damages or negligence seeks to perform this descriptive cross-sectional study that was carried out to assess physician's knowledge, attitude and practice about bioethics related to the field of gynecology and obstetrics. Data were collected by using a pre-designed questionnaire. The target group was all physicians working in this field in both Suez Canal University Hospital and Ismailia General Hospital, their number were 66 physicians. The study demonstrated that physician's knowledge was not significantly affected by their place of work [P > 0.05], but was significantly affected by their scientific degree and by the duration of their clinical practice [P<0.05], physician's attitude wasn't significantly affected by any of those factors [P > 0.05] and physician's practice was significantly affected by their place of work, their scientific degree and the duration of their clinical practice [P<0.05]