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Withholding Information from Patients

Withholding information without the patient’s knowledge or consent is ethically unacceptable.

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Decisions for Adult Patients Who Lack Capacity

Physicians should engage patients whose capacity is impaired in decisions involving their own care to the greatest extent possible.

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Informed Consent

Physicians should take certain steps to ensure a patient provides informed consent for recommended treatments.

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Applying medical science and technology to the human brain

Technological advances are expanding the scope and reach of neurosurgery, challenging the line between treatment and enhancement. The January issue of the AMA’s online ethics journal considers this issue from a variety of angles.

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Emerging med ed technology offers look at the future

Representatives from innovative medical education technology companies demonstrated new tools that could change the way future physicians are taught as part of a special meeting at the University of Texas at Austin.

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This month in medical ethics, it's all about sex

The November issue of Virtual Mentor, the AMA’s online ethics journal, isn’t as racy as it sounds. But the issue warrants attention by physicians in practice and training alike as they seek to navigate their role in commenting on sexual behavior in the context of clinical conversations.

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Confidential Health Care for Minors

Physicians who treat minors have an ethical duty to the developing autonomy of minor patients by involving children in making decisions about their health.

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