Get the revised Code of Medical Ethics

The AMA ’sCode of Medical Ethics is regularly cited as the medical profession ' s authoritative voice in legal opinions and in scholarly journals. It was adopted at the first AMA meeting in 1847, and while much has changed in medicine since, this founding document —the first uniform code of ethics of its kind—is still the basis of an explicit social contract between physicians and their patients. At the AMA Annual Meeting this year, delegates voted to update the AMACode. The revised edition is the culmination of an eight-year project to modernize the AMACode ' s ethical guidance  for relevance, clarity and consistency. It represents the first comprehensive review of the AMACode in more than half a century. One of the goals of the modernization was to make the AMACode simpler to navigate and related opinions easier to find so that physicians could more readily apply it to their daily practice of medicine. Changes include: A more intuitive chapter structure so that guidance is easy to find A uniform format for opinions so that guidance is easy to read and apply A single, comprehensive statement on each topic Harmonized guidance on related issues The updated AMACode also features a new preface to clarify the different levels of ethical obligation in the various ethical opinions. It is available in three formats: e-book, hard cover and commemorative. Visit theAMA Store for more information or to order online. AMA members receive a 20 percent discount on this pr...
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