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AMA Code of Medical Ethics
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Code of Medical Ethics Preface & Preamble
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Why does the medical profession need a code of ethics?
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Romantic or Sexual Relationships With Patients

A physician must terminate the patient-physician relationship before initiating a dating, romantic or sexual relationship with a patient.

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Anencephalic Newborns as Organ Donors

Organ donation in these circumstances raises concerns about the accuracy of diagnosis and the potential implications for other individuals.

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Umbilical Cord Blood Banking

Collection and storage of cord blood raise ethical concerns with regard to patient safety, autonomy and potential for conflict of interest.

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Presumed Consent & Mandated Choice for Organs from Deceased Donors

Physicians could proceed with organ procurement based on mandated choice only after verifying that the individual’s consent to donate was documented.

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Studying Financial Incentives for Cadaveric Organ Donation

Offering financial incentives for donation raises ethical concerns about potential coercion, the voluntariness of decisions to donate.

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Organ Donation After Cardiac Death

Donation after cardiac death raises a number of special ethical concerns, including how and when death is declared.

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Code of Medical Ethics modernized for first time in 50 years

Physicians approved a major update of the nearly 170-year-old AMA Code of Medical Ethics. The code was modernized for the first time in 50 years to keep pace with changes in medical practice.

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Code of Medical Ethics modernized for contemporary medicine

The nation's physician leaders voted to adopt a modernized Code of Medical Ethics during the AMA's Annual Meeting.

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Physician Exercise of Conscience

Physicians may be able to act (or refrain from acting) in accordance with the dictates of their conscience without violating their professional obligations.

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