Ethics Resource Center

The Ethics Resource Center provides students and physicians with the essential tools and skills to address ethical challenges in a changing health care environment.

Ethics forum in AMNews
A monthly column in AMNews that addresses ethical and legal issues related to patient care and practice.

Federation Repository of Ethics Documents Online (FRED)
A collection of full-text Codes of Ethics and ethics-related policies provided by state and specialty medical associations in the AMA's Federation.

Guidelines for gifts to physicians

Pocket principles
A pocket-sized version of the AMA Principles of Medical Ethics for medical students and residents, researchers, educators and practicing physicians.

End-of-life care
Including the AMA statement on end-of-life care, AMA policies on end-of-life care, and an Advance care planning resource PDF document.

Virtual Mentor
The AMA's monthly online ethics journal examines ethical dilemmas and questions of professionalism that medical students and physicians confront daily.