Humanities

Codes of Ethics

Systematic statements of principles or rules of appropriate professional conduct, usually established by professional societies.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Systematic statements of principles or rules of appropriate professional conduct, usually established by professional societies.

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20 entry terms
  • Code of Ethics
  • Ethical Codes
  • Code, Ethical
  • Codes, Ethical
  • Ethical Code
  • Ethics Code
  • Ethics Codes
  • Codes of Professional Ethics
  • Ethical Directives
  • Ethical Oaths
  • Directive, Ethical
  • Directives, Ethical
  • Ethical Directive
  • Ethical Oath
  • Ethics Code, Professional
  • Ethics Codes, Professional
  • Oath, Ethical
  • Oaths, Ethical
  • Professional Ethics Code
  • Professional Ethics Codes

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4 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, history, legislation & jurisprudence, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

if text of code and issuing organization are present, index also Guidelines (PT)

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History Note

2003; use ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL 1991-2001

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Previous Indexing

  • Ethics, Professional (1974-2002)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Codes of Ethics. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D032781. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D032781
  2. Codes of Ethics. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethical_code
  3. Codes of Ethics. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2264133