Ethics of Financing & Delivery of Health Care

Ethics

Physician Stewardship of Health Care Resources

Physicians should be prudent stewards of the shared societal resources with which they are entrusted.

Ethics

Professionalism in Health Care Systems

Health care systems can pose ethical challenges for physicians that could undermine the trust essential to patient-physician relationships.

Ethics

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Code of Medical Ethics: Financing and delivery of health care

Financing health care can be a tricky issue. Find out how to ethically balance patients’ interests with the interests of payers and health care institutions.

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Advancing health care AI through ethics, evidence and equity

Building on AMA policy for augmented intelligence, the AMA consulted with key AI stakeholder groups to elicit their thoughts on the intersection of AI and health care.

Ethics

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May 1, 2020 ·

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Prioritizing the rest of health care in a public health crisis

The AMA Code of Medical Ethics offers insight into what is ethically required to safely make a broader range of health care services available in a public health crisis.

Ethics

May 1, 2020 ·

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What do health care organizations owe doctors battling COVID-19?

Physicians put safety at risk to provide pandemic care. The organizations where they work must step up too. The AMA Code of Medical Ethics clarifies the obligations.

Ethics

Apr 23, 2020 ·

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Should noncompete provisions restrict physicians’ pandemic care?

The fine print in physicians’ contracts can create problems caring for patients in emergencies. The AMA Code of Medical Ethics offers principled advice.

Ethics

Apr 20, 2020 ·

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AMA Code offers guide on COVID-19 crisis standards of care

Decisions about rationing life-saving treatment should not be made ad hoc. The AMA Code of Medical Ethics offers time-tested, principled advice.

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Ethics of Financing & Delivery of Health Care

Physician Stewardship of Health Care Resources

Professionalism in Health Care Systems

Code of Medical Ethics: Financing and delivery of health care

Advancing health care AI through ethics, evidence and equity

Prioritizing the rest of health care in a public health crisis

What do health care organizations owe doctors battling COVID-19?

Should noncompete provisions restrict physicians’ pandemic care?

AMA Code offers guide on COVID-19 crisis standards of care

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