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Your biggest medical school lessons may come from patients

One program is allowing patient experiences to help shape its curriculum—and the next generation of physicians.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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When your clinical trial patient has the wrong idea

Patients can hold the false belief that they might benefit directly from participating in trials. A researcher recommends ways to minimize this risk.

Ethics
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Why physicians should engage the podcast generation

After an impressive two-hour interview on “The Joe Rogan Experience,” author Peter Hotez, MD,PhD, answered our questions about the opportunities physicians should explore on podcasts.

Physician-Patient Relationship
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May 3, 2019: Judicial Advocacy Update

Learn more about the AMA's role in rulings for the Title X gag rule and North Dakota's cap on noneconomic damages.

Advocacy Update
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Judge says AMA is right: Title X gag rule violates medical ethics 

A federal judge issued a nationwide injunction to block implementation of a new family-planning gag rule, saying it violated medical ethics and would harm public health.  

Physician-Patient Relationship
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AMA on ruling blocking administration’s Title X restrictions

Judge McShane’s ruling is a victory for patients, physicians and the open conversations that are essential to improving health outcomes.

Press Releases
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Talking about death: 6 vital tactics for physicians, medical teams

Dying and the decisions surrounding it are difficult topics to broach with patients and their loved ones. Physician experts suggest a “who, what, when, where and how” structure.

Ethics
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Federal judge will enjoin family-planning physician gag rule

The AMA is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit to stop a regulation that would interfere with the patient-physician relationship and politicize medical care.

Physician-Patient Relationship
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Meet the physician battling the government’s Title X gag rule

Family physician Tom Ewing, MD, is the face of the lawsuit fighting a new regulation that limits what doctors can and cannot say to patients about reproductive health care options.

Physician-Patient Relationship