Ethics

Medical ethics committees: Their past, present and future in health care

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By
Troy Parks , News Writer

For complex ethical issues in medicine, ethics committees and consultations offer a solutions-oriented approach that is essential to modern health care. Learn about the historical development of these groups, their current roles in the medical community and how educators can prepare future physicians for ethical challenges they will face in practice.

The May issue of the AMA Journal of Ethics® explores the roles of ethics committees in the modern health care system. Articles featured in this issue include:

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In the journal’s May podcast, Joseph J. Fins, MD, professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, discusses the work of ethics committees and consultants as they pursue professionalization and respond to changes in health care organization and practice.

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