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Here are just six of the major ethical issues facing the healthcare industry in 2020. Each issued-based section includes related questions that highlight specific challenges that leaders face when making day-to-day medical decisions and far-reaching policies that affect patient health.
Many factors have contributed to the growing concern in healthcare organizations over clinical, organizational and societal ethical issues, including issues of equitable access and affordability, quality, value-based care, patient safety, disclosure of medical errors, allocation of limited resources, mergers and acquisitions, financial and ...
The most popular articles published this year in the AMA Journal of Ethics covered health equity, patient autonomy, Holocaust lessons, and more.
The contributions to this issue of the AMA Journal of Ethics address these and other timely concerns in modern health care systems and illustrate ways in which ethical questions are often inextricably bound with organizational constituents, cultures, and relationships.
To create an ethical culture, healthcare executives should: 1) support the development and implementation of ethical standards of behavior, including ethical clinical, leadership, management, research and quality-improvement practices; 2) ensure effective and comprehensive ethics resources, including an ethics committee, exist and are available ...
Adhering to ethics in health care supports improved patient outcomes, increased trust and confidence in the healthcare system, and better overall health and well-being for individuals and communities.
An ethics of care approach may be conceptually aligned with moral resilience. The processes of caring about, taking care of, care giving and care receiving may be equally applied to managing ethical challenges impacting patients and to support health care professionals making difficult decisions.
The most popular articles published this year in the AMA Journal of Ethics covered the medical-dental divide, health equity and more.
The ethical issues prompted by Covid are not new, and informed guidance can help policymakers navigate trade-offs among key values and implement ethical principles in future health emergencies.
The AMA Code of Medical Ethics and the AMA Journal of Ethics® collectively underscore AMA’s commitment to promote the art of medicine and the betterment of public health. The Code is widely recognized as the most comprehensive ethics guide for physicians.