Completely updated after an eight-year modernization project, a revised edition of the Code of Medical Ethics is available from the American Medical Association (AMA) in hardcover or e-book.

According to the AMA news release, “The revised edition contains ethical guidance improved for relevance, clarity and consistency to help physicians keep pace with emerging demands they face with new technologies, changing patient expectations and shifting healthcare priorities.

“The Code of Medical Ethics is a guide to professional values and responsibilities since it was created by the AMA in 1847. Much in medicine has changed in170 years, but this founding document – the first uniform code of ethics of its kind – still is the basis of an explicit social contract between physicians and their patients.”

Those wishing to request a review copy should contact: AMA Media and Editorial at (312) 464-4430 or email media@ama-assn.org.