What authority does AcademyHealth have to enforce these guidelines?
AcademyHealth has no enforcement authority. The guidelines are intended to serve as recommendations, not mandates. Nevertheless, they can serve as a backdrop against which individuals and institutions can evaluate their own behavior, update their policies, educate their trainees, and guide the management of difficult ethical situations. AcademyHealth believes a set of ethical guidelines outlining acceptable behavior will serve health services researchers and health policy analysts well by helping them to identify and manage potential conflicts of interest. In addition, these guidelines can be used for teaching health services researchers in training.
AcademyHealth has no enforcement authority. The guidelines are intended to serve as recommendations, not mandates. Nevertheless, they can serve as a backdrop against which individuals and institutions can evaluate their own behavior, update their policies, educate their trainees, and guide the management of difficult ethical situations. AcademyHealth believes a set of ethical guidelines outlining acceptable behavior will serve health services researchers and health policy analysts well by helping them to identify and manage potential conflicts of interest. In addition, these guidelines can be used for teaching health services researchers in training.
