Patient being given anesthesia in operating room
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How to navigate the anesthesiologist-surgeon relationship

Most depictions of operating rooms focus on the surgeon and patient. However, surgical care is built on a triadic relationship between surgeons, anesthesiologists and patients.

Ethics
Patient on a ventilator
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Ventilator shortage: Scorecard aims to help on pandemic’s hard calls

Categorical exclusions are unjust and no single criterion is sufficient for prioritizing access amid COVID-19 patient surges. Many hospitals are adopting a score-based framework.

Ethics
Physician talking to family in hallway
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Pandemic puts decision-making to the test. AMA offers expert advice.

Finite resources could force hard triage choices in COVID-19 care. Learn with the AMA’s medical ethics experts about the criteria to consider.

Public Health
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3 MIN READ

Where to find ethical guidance in a pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has surfaced old and new ethical issues. A new resource aggregates relevant guidance from the AMA Code of Medical Ethics.

Public Health
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3 MIN READ

AMA announces new CPT® guidance during COVID-19 pandemic

Equipping a health care workforce to accurately code medical procedures streamlines communication across the health system

Press Releases
Empty hospital room
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4 MIN READ

Doctors obliged to provide pandemic care. It wasn’t always that way.

Two physician experts explore doctors’ obligations during pandemics such as COVID-19.

Public Health
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3 MIN READ

Physician’s duty doesn’t shrink as health care organizations get bigger

Physicians are increasingly employed by large organizations. Find out how to navigate some features of organizational cultures and hierarches that can influence patient care.

Ethics
Physician talking with patient
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3 MIN READ

In age of pandemics, how tough should vaccine mandates get?

Governments have various reasons for mandating vaccination. The AMA Journal of Ethics explores the preconditions and justifications.

Public Health
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2 MIN READ

AMA resources available to physicians to navigate COVID-19 pandemic

The AMA continues to forcefully advocate for PPE and critical policy and regulatory changes needed to address our public health and health system needs.

Press Releases