AMWA Essential Ethics for Medical Communicators Book and CDROM by Cindy W. Hamilton, PharmD, ELS

Gently used softcover book with light markings on quizzes with CDROM! Includes a laminated Quick Reference Guide! Resource for Medical Communicators.

Included with this self-study workbook is a quiz for credit towards the AMWA Essential Skills Certificate and a laminated quick reference guide. Enrollment in the ES Certificate program is not included with the purchase of individual workbooks, but it can be added in the future should you decide to pursue the ES Certificate.

A code of ethics is a set of standards designed to guide professional behavior and conduct. For medical communicators, following a code of ethics can provide a set of principles to guide behavior and decisions that reflect a core set of values.

Understanding medical ethics is essential for medical communicators because violating ethical principles reflects on the entire field and affects many stakeholders.

Behavior is action, but it is also inaction. Not acting on ethical principles can have consequences just as severe as intentionally violating principles. 

Some essential ethics for medical communicators include the following

Observe statutes and regulations
Apply objectivity and fair balance
Meet the highest professional standards
Refuse unethical practices
Expand knowledge and skills
Respect confidentiality
Honor agreements
Act professionally

The AMWA Code of Ethics
In the field of medical communication, the AMWA Code of Ethics provides guidance for professional medical writers to help avoid ethical breaches and level the playing field so that everyone has the same understanding of right and wrong. 

The Preamble to the AMWA Code of Ethics reads:

“AMWA is an educational organization that promotes excellence in medical communication and recommends principles of conduct for its members. These principles take into account the important role of medical communicators in writing, editing, and developing materials in various media and the potential for the products of their efforts to inform, educate, and influence audiences. To uphold the dignity and honor of their profession and of AMWA, medical communicators should accept these ethical principles and engage only in activities that bring credit to their profession, to AMWA, and to themselves.”

Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: Preamble: Role of medical communicators
Chapter 2: Principle 1: Observe statutes and regulations
Chapter 3: Principle 2: Apply objectivity and fair balance
Chapter 4: Principle 3: Meet the highest professional standards
Chapter 5: Principle 4: Refuse unethical practices
Chapter 6: Principle 5: Expand knowledge and skills
Chapter 7: Principle 6: Respect confidentiality
Chapter 8: Principle 7: Honor agreements
Chapter 9: Principle 8: Act professionally
Chapter 10: Conclusions 

Glossary, References, Index, Quiz

ISBN-13 978-0984537556
Edition 1st
Publisher Kendall Hunt Publishing
Publication date 2011
Language English