title: Viewpoint: academic medical centers--it is time for a declaration of values.
abstract: America's academic medical centers have become big businesses, competing, diversifying, and pursuing new economic relationships with physicians and the private sector. Corporate values and ethics are being tested, and leaders of some institutions say they are troubled by emerging trends.
authors.affiliation: Maryland Hospital Association.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Davidson
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003625:Data Collection; D004465:Economic Competition; D004989:Ethics; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D006740:Hospital Administrators; D008396:Maryland; D015279:Organizational Culture; D012945:Social Values; D014481:United States