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AMA Code of Medical Ethics
Code of Medical Ethics overview
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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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Therapeutic Donor Insemination

This procedure raises ethical considerations about safety for the woman and potential offspring, donor privacy, and the disposition of frozen semen.

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Gamete Donation

Gamete donation raises ethical concerns about the privacy of donors and the nature of relationships among donors and children.

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Financial Barriers to Health Care Access

Physicians have an ethical responsibility to ensure that all persons have access to needed care regardless of their economic means.

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Allocating Limited Health Care Resources

Physicians have a responsibility to contribute their expertise to developing allocation policies that are fair and safeguard the welfare of patients.

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Defining Basic Health Care

Physicians, individually and collectively, should advocate for fair, informed decision making about basic health care.

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Assisted Reproductive Technology

Candor and respect are essential for ethical practice when using a protocol of assisted reproductive technology.

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Forensic Genetics

Under limited circumstances with overriding legal and social considerations, all physicians may disclose information to the criminal justice system.

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Promoting Patient Safety

Open communication is fundamental to the trust in the patient-physician relationship, and physicians have an obligation to deal honestly with patients.

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Third-Party Access to Genetic Information

The rapid pace of development of genetic information raises ethical concerns about confidentiality and potentially inappropriate use of genetic information.

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