Codes of Ethical Conduct

Codes for clinical practice

• The Hippocratic Oath
• The American Medical Association's first code of ethics (1847)
• The AMA 2001 Principles of Medical Ethics
• The AMA Medical Ethics site
• Code of Ethics for Nurses
• The World Medical Association's International Code of Medical Ethics
• A list of Medical Ethics, Oaths, and Codes
• Washington State Medical Association Principles of Medical Ethics

Codes for biomedical research

• The Nuremberg Code
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• The Belmont Report
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• International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects, a document developed by The World Health Organization in coordination with The Council of International Organizations of Medical Societies
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Human Rights documents

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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• Not required, but interesting:
  Environment and Human Rights Advisory