Identifying and addressing potential conflict of interest: a professional medical organization's code of ethics.

Annals of Family Medicine
Lori Heim

Abstract

The new Consumer Alliance agreement between the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and The Coca-Cola Company provides a valuable opportunity to illustrate AAFP's adherence to its ethical foundation, demonstrate the AAFP's commitment to serving physicians and the public, and maintain the trust Americans put in their family physicians and the organization that represents them. Throughout the development of this program, as well as in all business interactions, the AAFP consistently addresses possible conflict of interest openly and directly, sharing with our members and the public exactly what measures we take to ensure that, in fact, no unethical conduct or breach of trust would--or will in the future--occur. In this case, the AAFP saw a public health and education need that was both unmet and undermined by the barrage of marketing messages and confusing information, and acted to fill that need. In so doing, the AAFP hewed to its high ethical standards, its core values, and its mission in the decisions made and the actions that followed.

References

Jan 15, 2010·JAMA : the Journal of the American Medical Association·Katherine M FlegalLester R Curtin

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Jul 21, 2010·Annals of Family Medicine·Kurt C Stange
Jan 18, 2011·The American Journal of Bioethics : AJOB·Howard Brody
Aug 30, 2017·Headache·David Borsook, James L Bernat

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