The AMA was founded in part to establish the first national code of medical ethics. Today the Code is widely recognized as authoritative ethics guidance for physicians through its Principles of Medical Ethics interpreted in Opinions of AMA’s Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs that address the evolving challenges of contemporary practice.
Improving the accuracy of the Census to ensure better political representation is an important step in reducing health disparities that disproportionately affect Indigenous peoples.
Physicians have an ethical obligation to address conditions that undermine their ability to fulfill their responsibilities to provide safe, high-quality patient care.
Learners will examine conditions that can impair physicians' health and ability to fulfill professional responsibilities and describe physicians' responsibilities to themselves and their colleagues to ensure that care is safely provided.
Learners will know how to intervene or report on different kinds of unprofessional physician conduct including incompetence, disruptive behavior, and unethical behavior.