Code of Medical Ethics | Ethical Guidance for Physicians | AMA
Dec 18, 2025 · The AMA's Code of Medical Ethics offers the ethical guidance that physicians need to provide conscientious care. Learn more about the AMA’s medical code of ethics.
Medical Ethics - American Medical Association
Dec 15, 2025 · Medical ethics provide physicians a moral framework for the practice of clinical medicine. Here's how the AMA is promoting awareness of, and adherence to, medical ethics.
The top 10 most-read medical ethics articles in 2021
Dec 29, 2021 · The most popular articles published this year in the AMA Journal of Ethics covered health equity, patient autonomy, Holocaust lessons, and more.
Ethics and health - World Health Organization (WHO)
Feb 10, 2023 · The Global Health Ethics Unit provides a focal point for the examination of ethical issues raised by activities throughout the Organization. The unit also supports Member States …
Applying medical ethics to the modern practice
Jul 8, 2015 · Modernizing the Code of Medical Ethics As the oldest code of professional ethics, the 168-year-old AMA Code of Medical Ethics is a living document. Ethical opinions are …
Medical ethics and evidence-based medicine with Audiey Kao, …
May 16, 2024 · Family medicine physician Alex McDonald, MD and Audiey Kao, MD, PhD, vice president of ethics at the AMA, discuss how ethical principles can help physicians and medical …
Medical students: Know the fundamentals of medical ethics
Oct 27, 2020 · Still, their foremost responsibility is to patients, and practicing medical ethics can strengthen patient-physician relationships. Meanwhile, physicians are expected to uphold …
AMA Code of Medical Ethics: Guidance in a pandemic
Apr 14, 2020 · The AMA Code of Medical Ethics offers foundational guidance for health care professionals and institutions responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
AMA Code of Medical Ethics - American Medical Association
May 26, 2023 · The American Medical Association's Code of Medical Ethics are a set of standards that define honorable behavior for a physician. The Code is widely recognized as the most …
By doctors, for doctors: Ethics guidance now just one click away
Apr 26, 2023 · The AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ new website brings ethics into the exam room to help patients and physicians with expert guidance on everyday issues.