A Unified Code of Ethics for Health Professionals – Insights From an IOM Workshop

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JAMA   
February 2014, Vol 311, No. 8
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/issue.aspx

Viewpoint | February 26, 2014
A Unified Code of Ethics for Health Professionals – Insights From an IOM Workshop
JAMA. 2014;311(8):799-800. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.504
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1832552

A transdiciplinary code of ethics – applicable to all health professionals and created with oublic input – would be a first step toward generating a social contract that can meet the contemporary needs of health professionals and the patients and communities they serve.