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Guidelines for Organ Transplantation

As in all patient-physician relationships, the physician’s primary concern must be the well-being of the patient.

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Romantic or Sexual Relationships with Key Third Parties

Sexual or romantic interactions between physicians and third parties may detract from the goals of the patient-physician relationship.

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Romantic or Sexual Relationships With Patients

A physician must terminate the patient-physician relationship before initiating a dating, romantic or sexual relationship with a patient.

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Anencephalic Newborns as Organ Donors

Organ donation in these circumstances raises concerns about the accuracy of diagnosis and the potential implications for other individuals.

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Umbilical Cord Blood Banking

Collection and storage of cord blood raise ethical concerns with regard to patient safety, autonomy and potential for conflict of interest.

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Presumed Consent & Mandated Choice for Organs from Deceased Donors

Physicians could proceed with organ procurement based on mandated choice only after verifying that the individual’s consent to donate was documented.

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Studying Financial Incentives for Cadaveric Organ Donation

Offering financial incentives for donation raises ethical concerns about potential coercion, the voluntariness of decisions to donate.

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Organ Donation After Cardiac Death

Donation after cardiac death raises a number of special ethical concerns, including how and when death is declared.

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Measuring moral choices by physicians: Standing up for patients

Standing up for what’s best for patients tests a physician’s moral courage. Study measures choices interns and residents make when faced with threats, concerns about evaluations, and risk to reputations.

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