Ama's Code Of Ethics And Core Values

Abstract In 1847 the American Medical Association (AMA) was founded by Nathan Davis with the purpose of “To promote advancement of medicine, medical education standards and governing medical ethics,” reflects their social responsibility and commitment to America’s health care industry (American Medical Association, 1995-2013). The American Medical Association is an organization that bases its philosophies on core values and a strong code of ethics. The goal of the AMA is to improve the healthcare industry for patients and medical professionals while developing acceptable ethical behavior. This paper will analyze the relationship between the AMA’s code of ethics and core values.
The AMA’s philosophies set the goals they want to attain. The AMA identifies the need for change and believes that sound leadership is crucial to the success of healthcare. They build on their heritage of be the leaders in medical professional ethics, developing medical education standards and advancing science all while serving as the voice for core values in medicine (AMA, 1995). The Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs governs and composes AMA ethics policies and updates for the Code of Medical Ethics. This guidance expresses the overarching values of medicine as a profession. The Code of Medical Ethics is a living document, this allows for it to be updated easily as changes in medicine and healthcare arise. This allows for changes to be made in real time and brought to the field for those to utilize. The core values and goals that the AMA develop play a major role in their social responsibility to provide value based medicine to public health. The AMA’s core values hinge on executive and provider leadership, excellence in safety, education and ethics and integrity in all medical providers. It’s goals are to improve healthcare system for patients and medical professionals while establishing acceptable ethical
132). Living ethics on a daily basis and instilling ethical behaviors in yourself and those around you allow for the body and mind to not have to have deep thought in these situations but, allow for muscle memory to take over. Making these decisions involves removing uncertainty which builds patient and staff confidence (Garrett, Baillie, McGeehan, and Garrett, 2010, pg. 12). Communication with staff members regarding ethical decision making and empowering any member to call a “knock off” should they feel a situation or decision is unethical is important for a symbiotic working relationship. This improved open communication between medical staff will improve customer satisfaction and employee