{Reference Type}: Historical Article {Title}: The development of the code of ethics for the American Academy of Ophthalmology. {Author}: Bettman JW; {Journal}: Surv Ophthalmol {Volume}: 44 {Issue}: 4 {Year}: Jan-Feb 2000 {Factor}: 6.197 {DOI}: 10.1016/s0039-6257(99)00118-6 {Abstract}: The circumstances leading to and the process of establishing a code of ethics for members of the American Academy of Ophthalmology are recounted by the original chairman of the Ethics Committee.