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Responding to patients’ bias: Know where to draw the line

There are limits to what physicians should be expected to tolerate when patients’ preferences express unjust bias. This is what physicians should know.

Ethics
AMA members at 2019 HOD Annual Meeting holding signs with hashtag WomenofAMA
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AMA principles will further gender equity among physicians

Disparities persist after controlling for specialty and experience. Employers should review pay and promotion by gender for potentially discriminatory patterns.

Health Equity
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New AMA anti-harassment policies the right step for the profession

We take a zero-tolerance approach to harassment. Complaints should be independently and promptly investigated according to the highest standards.

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
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5 more medical schools join innovative medical education consortium

Navigating digital health and addressing social determinants of health are among the goals of pathbreaking projects the schools bring to the AMA’s effort to reshape medical education.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Confronting harassment within medicine head on

The AMA House of Delegates took unanimous action on the issue, reaffirming the Association’s age-old commitment to equity, fairness and respect.

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
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AMA president outlines efforts to attack dysfunction in health care

Dr. McAneny also issues urgent calls for physician leadership to help reduce gun violence in America, end harassment in medicine

Press Releases
An action shot of a diverse group of doctors running through a hallway.
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3 big ethical issues medical school doesn’t prepare you for

Find out more about three major ethical issues in health care on which new physicians believe they should have received more guidance.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
Tiffani Bell, MD at 2018 AMA Annual Meeting
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Medicine must address #MeToo moment—and beyond

Rape, harassment and abuse can happen in any field to any gender. It is especially difficult in medicine because there is an established hierarchy.

Physician Health
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#MeToo in med ed: 1 in 7 students subjected to sexist remarks

Medical trainees are in a particularly vulnerable position when it comes to sexual harassment. Stakeholders in medical education discuss ways to protect them.

ChangeMedEd Initiative