title: A comparative analysis of moral principles and behavioral norms in eight ethical codes relevant to health sciences librarianship, medical informatics, and the health professions.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Based on the authors' shared interest in the interprofessional challenges surrounding health information management, this study explores the degree to which librarians, informatics professionals, and core health professionals in medicine, nursing, and public health share common ethical behavior norms grounded in moral principles.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using the "Principlism" framework from a widely cited textbook of biomedical ethics, the authors analyze the statements in the ethical codes for associations of librarians (Medical Library Association [MLA], American Library Association, and Special Libraries Association), informatics professionals (American Medical Informatics Association [AMIA] and American Health Information Management Association), and core health professionals (American Medical Association, American Nurses Association, and American Public Health Association). This analysis focuses on whether and how the statements in these eight codes specify core moral norms (Autonomy, Beneficence, Non-Maleficence, and Justice), core behavioral norms (Veracity, Privacy, Confidentiality, and Fidelity), and other norms that are empirically derived from the code statements.
  
  
  RESULTS
  These eight ethical codes share a large number of common behavioral norms based most frequently on the principle of Beneficence, then on Autonomy and Justice, but rarely on Non-Maleficence. The MLA and AMIA codes share the largest number of common behavioral norms, and these two associations also share many norms with the other six associations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The shared core of behavioral norms among these professions, all grounded in core moral principles, point to many opportunities for building effective interprofessional communication and collaboration regarding the development, management, and use of health information resources and technologies.
authors.affiliation: , gbyrd@ buffalo.edu , Research Associate Professor ,, Department of Biomedical Informatics; , pwink@buffalo.edu , Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Executive Director, Institute for Healthcare Informatics, and Chief Medical Informatics Officer, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences; University at Buffalo, 923 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203.
authors.forename: Gary D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Byrd
authors.affiliation: , gbyrd@ buffalo.edu , Research Associate Professor ,, Department of Biomedical Informatics; , pwink@buffalo.edu , Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Executive Director, Institute for Healthcare Informatics, and Chief Medical Informatics Officer, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences; University at Buffalo, 923 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Winkelstein
mesh_terms: D032781:Codes of Ethics; D026689:Ethical Analysis; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D004995:Ethics, Professional; D006801:Humans; D007993:Libraries, Medical / Q000941:ethics*; D007998:Library Science / Q000941:ethics*; D007999:Library Services / Q000941:ethics*; D014481:United States