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PM&R: A look at ethics in the “quality-of-life specialty”

Physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) helps patients manage serious medical and life issues. The June issue of the AMA Journal of Ethics takes a close look at ethical issues in the “quality-of-life specialty.”

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When does helping a patient violate professional boundaries?

The May issue of the AMA Journal of Ethics examines the delicate balance between a physician’s personal interest in patients and professional boundary guidelines. Contributors help distinguish boundary crossings from boundary violations, breaches of practice that may place patients’ bodily or psychological well-being at risk.

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The autism debate: Disability or diversity?

Autism spectrum disorder has a relatively short history as a recognized diagnosis, but sparks strong debate over whether it is an illness or a feature of neurodiversity.

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Examining ethical questions in anesthesiology

Anesthesiology has expanded far beyond the operating room into obstetrics, pain management, critical care and the full range of perioperative care. The specialty’s growth has brought complex ethical questions with it.

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New medical ethics journal provides practical guidance

The newly launched AMA Journal of Ethics offers valuable insights into ethical decision making and the challenges medical students and physicians confront in their training and daily practice.

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AMA debuts new name and look for online ethics journal

To better feature the central role of ethics in medicine, the AMA has updated the name and design of its online ethics journal.

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New medical ethics journal to appear next month

Look to the new AMA Journal of Ethics for valuable insights into ethical decision-making and the challenges medical students and physicians confront in their training and daily practice.

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How telemedicine challenges the medical profession

Skeptics worry that the benefits of telemedicine may be outweighed by diminished privacy and security of medical information and loss of the therapeutic value tied to hands-on encounters between patients and their physicians. The December issue of Virtual Mentor, the AMA’s online ethics journal, considers this issue from a variety of angles.

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Get published: Ethics journal now accepting articles for peer review

The AMA’s online ethics journal, Virtual Mentor, now offers an outstanding opportunity for physicians and physicians in training to be part of an important discussion and get their peer-reviewed articles published. Virtual Mentor is a student- and resident-driven journal published online monthly; it is advertisement-free and open-access.

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