Institutional Code of Ethics

Project Assignment: Codes of ethics are standards that outline how individuals or groups of people are to act. The healthcare/medical community has its own code of ethics, which is outlined in the American Medical Association’s Code of Medical Ethics. Review the following:

1. AMA’s Code of Medical Ethics here:

   American Medical Association. (2013).  AMA’s code of medical ethics. Retrieved from http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/physician-resources/medical-ethics/code-medical-ethics.page.

2. Three local or regional hospitals’ codes of ethics.
3. Various scholarly research on healthcare codes of ethics  (at least seven additional sources).

Then, prepare your Final Paper by analyzing the issues through these steps:

1. Analyze the specific requirements of a code of ethics.
2. Identify three critical elements of the AMA’s code that you believe are most important.
3. Examine the differences and similarities between the AMA’s Code of Medical Ethics requirements and the code requirements of the three hospitals that you researched.
4. Explain why certain individuals and/or groups (please name these) should follow a hospital’s code of ethics.