Medical Liability

Patient Support & Advocacy

Mar 28, 2023 ·

AMA advocacy efforts

The AMA advocates at the federal and state levels on key health care issues impacting patients and physicians. See updates of some of the recent efforts.

Sustainability

Feb 8, 2023 ·

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Juries must be instructed that bad outcomes aren’t always negligence

Physicians are fighting to keep a decades-old jury instruction and stop a new kind of medical liability claim from arising.

State Advocacy

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Feb 2, 2023 ·

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State advocacy

Relentlessly working to advance important state legislative issues that protect patients and physicians.

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Leadership

Jan 31, 2023 ·

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Physicians, not judges, should direct patient care

Key principles of medical ethics are at stake in a Wisconsin case on forced use of ivermectin. Learn more about why the AMA is involved.

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Sustainability

Jan 4, 2023 ·

4 MIN READ

Courts shouldn’t interfere with physician’s choice of lawyer

Pennsylvania appellate court ruling endangers physicians’ ability to retain the legal representation of their choice in medical liability cases.

Sustainability

Dec 23, 2022 ·

4 MIN READ

Physicians object to court-ordered use of ivermectin for COVID-19

In an amicus brief, AMA Litigation Center and the Wisconsin Medical Society warn of the dangers if court rulings replace medical care standards.

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Sustainability

Dec 9, 2022 ·

4 MIN READ

He killed 4 men. Now he seeks compensation from his care team.

A confessed murderer’s mom files suit in Pennsylvania seeking compensation from psychiatrist and others for distress of incarceration. Learn more.

Patient Support & Advocacy

Oct 21, 2022 ·

4 MIN READ

AMA advocacy efforts: Removing obstacles to care

The AMA is advocating at the federal and state levels to remove obstacles to care.

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Medical Liability

AMA advocacy efforts

Juries must be instructed that bad outcomes aren’t always negligence

State advocacy

Physicians, not judges, should direct patient care

Courts shouldn’t interfere with physician’s choice of lawyer

Physicians object to court-ordered use of ivermectin for COVID-19

He killed 4 men. Now he seeks compensation from his care team.

AMA advocacy efforts: Removing obstacles to care

Membership Moves Medicine™