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Former U.S. Surgeon general Vivek Murthy, MD
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Surgeon general: Med students can help drive solutions to burnout

Vivek Murthy, MD, says the culture of medicine needs to change. Medical students can provide leadership in that effort.

Medical Student Health
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Driverless cars, impaired drivers and the Code of Medical Ethics

Self-driving cars could one day make the roads much safer. For now, physicians have an obligation to protect patients and the public from impaired drivers.

Ethics
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Medicine’s “open secret”: What to do when patients hate

There is a need for best practices in dealing with patient intolerance. Experts offer advice on how to proceed when hatred interferes with healing.

Physician Health
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Oscars’ big snafu and the AMA Code of Medical Ethics

PricewaterhouseCoopers apologized for the oops seen around the world. The AMA Code of Medical Ethics has guidance for when there is a medical error.

Ethics
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How the Code of Medical Ethics relates to Kevin Love’s knee injury

The AMA Code of Medical Ethics has guidance to help physicians decide whether to advise athletes to initiate or continue participating in their sports.

Ethics
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Human trafficking: Physicians as first responders

Caring for trafficking victims and survivors requires a special knowledge set. The AMA Journal of Ethics explores the ethical, clinical and legal complexities.

Ethics
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AMA adopts ethical guidance on team-based health care

During its 2016 Interim Meeting, the AMA adopted ethical guidance for physicians as leader-members of team-based, health care teams

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Physician Participation in Interrogation

Physicians who engage in any activity that relies on their medical knowledge and skills must continue to uphold principles of medical ethics.

Ethics
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Euthanasia

The physician who performs euthanasia assumes unique responsibility for the act of ending the patient’s life.

Ethics