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AMA updates Code of Medical Ethics

The AMA recently published an updated edition of the Code of Medical Ethics after an 8-year modernization project.

To help physicians stay current with evolving demands, such as new technologies, changing patient expectations and shifting health care priorities, the new edition has been improved for relevance, clarity and consistency, according to the AMA.

“The new edition of the Code of Medical Ethics will remain a useful and effective resource that physicians can continue to rely on, while remaining faithful to the virtues of fidelity, humanity, loyalty, tenderness, confidentiality and integrity that are enshrined in the original Code,” Steven J. Stack, MD, past president of the AMA said in a news release.

According to the AMA, the Code of Medical Ethics includes clear, concise and reliable ethical guidance for professionals practicing medicine and is, therefore, frequently cited in legal opinions, medical journals and news outlets.

For more information:

www.ama-assn.org/ama-publishes-updated-code-medical-ethics-contemporary-medicine

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