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Teams should work together utilizing each members' skill, expertise and role.
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4 tips to be a better physician team leader

For team-based care to succeed, the team has to function ethically and effectively. Those objectives are achievable, but require physician leadership aware of how to promote both.

Scope of Practice
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When the news media calls, keep these 4 things in mind

A physician appearing on a news show isn’t just another talking head. Learn how to maintain your own integrity, and that of the medical profession, when taking part in the media.

Ethics
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Social media guidance for physicians taps timeless principles

From Friendster to Snapchat, social media trends come and go, but ethical guidance for physicians endures. Learn how the AMA Code of Medical Ethics applies to social media.

Ethics
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Pondering direct care? 13 potential benefits and drawbacks

Concierge medicine’s not necessarily a path to easy street. If you’re considering direct-care practice, keep in mind these pros and cons.

Payment & Delivery Models
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4 CME courses from the folks who wrote the book on medical ethics

The women and men behind the AMA Code of Medical Ethics bring you great educational activities to help you earn CME credit and answer challenging questions.

Ethics
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Why does the medical profession need a code of ethics?

From political conversations to use of social media, the AMA Code of Medical Ethics addresses the new issues confronting physicians, patients and society.

Ethics
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Advance directives: How to talk with patients about them

An easy letter template can help frame discussions about advance directives and goals of care and serious illness in terms of living well during a difficult time.

Physician-Patient Relationship
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HHS should withdraw proposed family-planning gag rule

The proposed regulation affecting Title X providers would interfere with the patient-physician relationship and deprive patients of information on the full range of family-planning options.

Population Care
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AMA to Supreme Court: Doctor participation in executions unethical

The AMA Code of Medical Ethics says physicians shouldn’t opine on which execution method would most reduce physical suffering.

Ethics