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Ethics guidance during a pandemic: An overview

The AMA offers an overview of foundational guidance regarding medical ethics for health care professionals and institutions responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ethics
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Must physicians disclose personal health information to patients?

The AMA Code of Medical Ethics gives guidance to physicians on disclosing vaccination status.

Infectious Diseases
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No COVID-19 vaccination, no care? Why that’s the wrong path

Physicians generally are obligated to care for patients, no matter their vaccination status. Learn about guidance from the AMA Code of Medical Ethics.

Ethics
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Why physician competence should be top of mind, every day

It undergirds professional autonomy and the privilege of self-regulation. Learn with the AMA about self-assessment and self-awareness strategies.

AMA Policies
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Can physicians decline unvaccinated patients?

The AMA Code of Medical Ethics provides guidance for physicians on seeing patients who have not been vaccinated for COVID-19.

Infectious Diseases
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Prescribing medications responsibly in a pandemic

Read the guidance based on the AMA Code of Medical Ethics Opinions for prescribing medications responsibly when the decision can be clinically and ethically challenging, such as during a pandemic.

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Fate of independent medical ethics decisions in court’s hands

U.S. Supreme Court asked to consider lawsuit challenging a Texas advance-directives law providing protections for tough physician, hospital decisions.

Judicial Advocacy
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Do physicians have a responsibility to be vaccinated?

Do physicians have a responsibility to be vaccinated? Guidance in the AMA Code of Medical Ethics indicates they do. Learn more.

Ethics
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Medical ethics: Big questions arise when patient is “Mr. President”

In some ways, caring for the commander in chief is like caring for any patient. In other ways, it can be more challenging. An AMA ethicist charts the landscape.

Infectious Diseases