Judicial Advocacy Supreme Court looks to AMA for guidance in big health care cases The AMA’s input has helped shape rulings on everything from alcoholism and transgender rights to medical privacy and the Affordable Care Act. Ethics How diseases get defined and why it matters What’s in a name? A lot, in fact. Explore examples of how naming in health care can affect treatments, payment and the patient experience. Ethics Questions abound on global inequities in reproductive health care The ethical, social and cultural stakes of reproductive health care as a global clinical and educational enterprise present critical areas of inquiry. Leadership Why we are acting to protect free and open communication with patients Learn why the AMA is petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to stop a regulation that clearly violates core tenets of medical ethics. Judicial Advocacy Why the HHS conscience-rights rule was blocked in court The AMA has opposed the rule since Department of Health and Human Services proposed it, saying conscience rights are not unlimited and the measure would put patients’ health at risk. Advocacy Update July 12, 2018: Judicial Advocacy Update Find how the AMA Litigation Center supports physicians facing legal threat, protects medical liability reforms and more. Advocacy Update April 5, 2018: Advocacy spotlight on Physicians ask HHS to withdraw proposed rule on conscience rights in health care Physicians ask HHS to withdraw proposed rule on conscience rights in health care. Read AMA's response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. Press Releases AMA petitions U.S. Supreme Court to review Title X restrictions The AMA strongly believes that our nation’s highest court must step in to remove government overreach and interference in the patient-physician relationship. Press Releases AMA files suit to block administration’s Title X restrictions The AMA, along with OMA and PPFA filed suit to block the administration’s rule that would limit the medical advice physicians can give their Title X patients. Ethics How legacies of the Holocaust should inform health care The involvement of health professionals in the atrocities of the Holocaust have significantly influenced bioethics. Learn more from the AMA Journal of Ethics. Pagination Previous page Arrow left Created with Sketch. Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Next page Arrow left Created with Sketch.
