ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the sanctioned materials ethical codes and standards of practice in healthcare settings. However, before additional ethical content material is explored, it is important to review some terms from the broader field of ethics. An ethics review of any profession begins with the normative ethical material that is sanctioned by professional organisations and other such authoritative bodies that oversee the work of its practitioners. The generalist ethical codes in the field of translation can offer healthcare translators and interpreters some ethical guidance. Codes of professional conduct or codes of ethics have been authored by an array of stakeholders. Standards of care or standards of practice documents are another source of sanctioned ethical content that are designed to be more situationally-specific than broad ethical codes. The chapter concludes with suggestions for further movement toward improving healthcare ethics for practicing interpreters.
