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Patient Communication
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Ethics

Talking about death: Now that it pays, how to do it well

Advance care planning used to be unbillable, but Medicare now treats it like other services. Here are tips for talking about it with patients.
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Digital

Most of your patients still aren’t using the portal. Here’s why.

Some patients worry about privacy, many don’t see the upside, and nearly half say they’ve never even been invited to use a patient portal.
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Accelerating Change in Medical Education

Your biggest medical school lessons may come from patients

One program is allowing patient experiences to help shape its curriculum—and the next generation of physicians.
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Ethics

When your clinical trial patient has the wrong idea

Patients can hold the false belief that they might benefit directly from participating in trials. A researcher recommends ways to minimize this risk.
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Patient Support & Advocacy

Why physicians should engage the podcast generation

After an impressive two-hour interview on “The Joe Rogan Experience,” author Peter Hotez, MD,PhD, answered our questions about the opportunities physicians should explore on podcasts.
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Patient Support & Advocacy

Judge says AMA is right: Title X gag rule violates medical ethics 

A federal judge issued a nationwide injunction to block implementation of a new family-planning gag rule, saying it violated medical ethics and would harm public health.  

AMA Statements

AMA on ruling blocking administration’s Title X restrictions

Judge McShane’s ruling is a victory for patients, physicians and the open conversations that are essential to improving health outcomes.
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Ethics

Talking about death: 6 vital tactics for physicians, medical teams

Dying and the decisions surrounding it are difficult topics to broach with patients and their loved ones. Physician experts suggest a “who, what, when, where and how” structure.

Patient Support & Advocacy

Federal judge will enjoin family-planning physician gag rule

The AMA is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit to stop a regulation that would interfere with the patient-physician relationship and politicize medical care.

Patient Support & Advocacy

Meet the physician battling the government’s Title X gag rule

Family physician Tom Ewing, MD, is the face of the lawsuit fighting a new regulation that limits what doctors can and cannot say to patients about reproductive health care options.
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