Medical Ethics

Recent Articles

The AMA Code of Medical Ethics and health care spending

Apr 18, 2018

What the U.S. spends on medical care is again under the microscope. The AMA Code of Medical Ethics has guidance to help physicians exercise proper stewardship of health care resources.

When does physicians’ online branding, advertising go too far?

Apr 13, 2018

The use of a “medutainment” approach for marketing and  promoting plastic surgeons’ online brands can threaten professionalism.

HHS should withdraw proposal on health care conscience rights

Apr 06, 2018

The proposed rule would undermine patient access to medical care and information, the AMA said in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar.

Questions abound on global inequities in reproductive health care

Mar 07, 2018

The ethical, social and cultural stakes of reproductive health care as a global clinical and educational enterprise present critical areas of inquiry.

Comics give health care experiences meaningful commentary

Feb 07, 2018

Graphic medicine gives insight on the social, cultural, and ethical landscape where patients, caregivers, clinicians, and learners intersect.