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Expedited Partner Therapy

Although expedited partner therapy has been demonstrated to be effective at reducing the burden of certain diseases, it also has ethical implications.

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Required Reporting of Adverse Events

As professionals who prescribe and monitor the use of drugs and medical devices, physicians are best positioned to observe and communicate about adverse events.

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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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