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Medical Ethics

Ethics Group
Mission and organization

AMA Code of Medical Ethics
For more than 160 years, the AMA Code of Medical Ethics has been considered the most comprehensive ethics guide for physicians on a wide range of patient-physician issues.

Virtual Mentor
Virtual Mentor is an interactive, Web-based forum for analysis and discussion of ethical and professional issues that medical students, residents and young physicians encounter during their educational training.

Ethical Force Program
The Ethical Force Program is a collaborative effort to develop health care system-wide performance measures for ethics.

ISTEP-Innovative Strategies for Transforming the Education of Physicians
ISTEP is a research collaborative of 27 medical schools engaged in medical education research that transforms the learning of physicians in ways that result in improved patient care.

Declaration of Professional Responsibility
The Declaration of Professional Responsibility is an oath by which 21st century physicians can publicly uphold and celebrate the ideals that inspired them to enter medicine.

WorldScopes
In cooperation with state and specialty medical societies, the AMA is organizing an online stethoscope collection drive. For as little as $15, you can purchase and send a stethoscope to a distant colleague around the world who lacks ready access to this basic medical instrument.

Upcoming ethics events bulletin board
Information about upcoming medical ethics events.

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