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Discover and explore AMA Code-based educational resources including continuing medical education offerings that will help you uphold your ethical and professional obligations as a physician.

Ethics Case

Must Physicians Disclose Personal Health Information to Patients?

Do patients have a right to know whether their physicians are vaccinated for COVID-19?

Published on 10/06/2021

Ethics Case

Can Physicians Decline Unvaccinated Patients?

In general, a physician should not refuse a patient simply because the individual is not vaccinated or declines to be vaccinated.

Published on 09/15/2021

Ethics Case

Prioritizing the Rest of Health Care in a Public Health Crisis

The health of the community ultimately requires that a broad range of care be available beyond crisis-driven patient needs.

Published on 05/01/2020

Ethics Case

Graduating Early to Join the Physician Workforce

During times of extraordinary need, would it be appropriate to involve medical students in providing direct patientcare to supplement the physician workforce?

Published on 04/08/2020

Ethics Case

Restrictive Covenants and Patient Care in a Pandemic

One concern raised by the COVID-19 pandemic is whether physicians could provide care outside of a non-compete agreement or restrictive covenant.

Published on 04/08/2020

Ethics Case

Speaking Out on Issues Adversely Affecting Patient Safety in a Pandemic

Physicians have an ethical obligation to address conditions that undermine their ability to fulfill their responsibilities to provide safe, high-quality patient care.

Published on 04/08/2020

Ethics Case

Do Physicians Have a Responsibility to be Vaccinated?

The more readily transmissible the disease and the greater the risk to patients whom the physician comes into contact, the stronger the duty to accept immunization.

Published on 04/08/2020