Learning Center

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.

Legal Brief

Texas Abortion Restrictions

Abortion bans in the US like those in Texas have profound ethical consequences for pregnant people.

Published on 02/06/2024

Ethics in the News

What Shohei Ohtani’s $700 Million Contract Says About the AMA Code

Contract negotiations are important for the parties involved to reach an agreement regarding how their relationship will operate and what their obligations will be.

Published on 01/12/2024

Ethics in the News

US Supreme Court Establishes its First-Ever Code of Conduct

Professional codes of conduct are important guideposts for any profession.

Published on 01/03/2024

Ethics at the Movies

Still Alice and Adult Patients Who Lack Decision-Making Capacity

Alice must retire and requires around-the-clock care. She can no longer complete daily tasks and fails to recognize her family members on a consistent basis.

Published on 12/14/2023

Ethics in the News

What Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Says About the AMA Code

Organ and whole body donation are crucial to saving lives and advancing medicine.

Published on 12/07/2023

Ethics at the Movies

My Sister’s Keeper and Pediatric Decision Making

The parents' only hope is to conceive another child who is a genetic match for Kate, so that the child can act as a donor to save Kate’s life. That child is Anna.

Published on 12/05/2023

Ethics at the Movies

The God Committee and Allocation of Finite Resources

Trip Granger, the hard-partying son of wealthy financier Emmett Granger, who complicates matters both by offering to donate $25 million to the hospital so his son gets the organ.

Published on 12/04/2023

Legal Brief

Vanderbilt University Medical Center Releases Transgender Patient Medical Records to the Tennessee Attorney General

Release of sensitive patient records to the government raises ethical concerns relating to patient privacy, confidentiality and trust.

Published on 11/20/2023

Ethics in the News

What Taylor Swift’s Sway With Fans Says About the AMA Code

Taylor Swift's electoral influence may have among her fans raises the question of how physicians should engage in political conversations with their patients.

Published on 11/15/2023

Ethics in the News

What New Federal Oversight of AI Says About the AMA Code

Use of AI in health care promises to improve diagnostic accuracy but valid concerns remain regarding data security, bias, and equitable accessibility.

Published on 11/14/2023