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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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Physicians' ethical considerations in emergencies

As flu season approaches and public health outbreaks are making headlines, physicians and health systems across the country are reviewing disaster preparedness procedures. The AMA Code of Ethics and physician-authored articles provide guidance on ethical deliberations the medical community should consider regarding public health and disaster preparedness.

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Ethics journal discusses tensions in reproductive medicine

In reproductive medicine, advances in medical science and technology often outpace society’s opportunity for due deliberation about their ethical use. Physicians and other experts in the field explore these ethical considerations in the October issue of Virtual Mentor, the AMA’s online ethics journal. ...

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Physicians' role in driving social change: Ethics journal debates

Physicians and other experts in the field explore the role of physicians as agents of change in the September issue of Virtual Mentor, the AMA’s online ethics journal.

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Ethics journal explores the humanities in medical education

This month’s issue of Virtual Mentor, the AMA’s online ethics journal, explores what “medical humanities” comprises. Contributing authors argue that medical education is incomplete without it.

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Risk and athletics: Ethics journal explores physician role

This month’s issue of Virtual Mentor, the AMA’s online ethics journal, examines the physician’s role in supporting athletes in their endeavors while discouraging risky behavior.

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Ethics journal explores intersection of race and medicine

This month’s issue of Virtual Mentor, the AMA’s online ethics journal, explores the possible benefits and harms of using race and ethnicity in medical research and patient care. Medicine long has used race and ethnicity as proxies for physical and sociocultural characteristics associated with groups of people, based on ancestries traced to Europe, Africa or Asia.

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Aging adults present "new breed of patients," ethical concerns

What are some of the special ethical considerations raised in providing medical care for aging baby boomers? The May issue of Virtual Mentor, the AMA’s online ethics journal, takes a look at such issues as patient concerns at end of life, social responsibility for the elderly and rationing of care.

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Virtual Mentor examines third-party intrusions into the exam room

Contributors to the April issue of Virtual Mentor, the AMA’s online medical ethics journal, take a look at how regulations and other third-party activities affect the physician-patient relationship and delivery of care. 

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