AAN Ethics

The AAN offers several resources to help members deal with the ethical issues they confront in their practices, as well as help to educate the public about ethical issues in neurology.

AAN Ethics Resources

• Ethics, Law, and Humanities Committee
• Charter, Organization, and Responsibilities
• AAN Award for Creative Expression of Human Values in Neurology (.pdf)
• Ethics Section
• Purpose and Ethics ListServ
• AAN Code of Professional Conduct (.pdf)
• Outlines the standards of professional behavior for all AAN members in an effort to promote the highest quality of neurological care
• AAN Conflicts of Interest Policy (.pdf)
• Ethics Related Position Statements
• AAN has developed position statements on a variety of ethical issues to help guide neurologists and others in decision making
• Neurologist-in-Training Clinical Ethics Elective (.pdf)
• Application (.pdf)
• Ethics Programs at the AAN Annual Meeting
• Ethics Course
• Ethics Curriculum
• The Case-Based Ethics Curriculum is designed to help prepare neurologists-in-training for the ethical issues that may confront them during their residencies and will confront them in their practice
• Principles Governing AAN Relationships with External Sources of Support (.pdf)
• Outlines the principles for appropriate development and utilization of external support