Except in emergencies: AMA ethics and physician autonomy

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 440-443

  Clark, Chalmers C ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORALITY; PRINCIPLES OF MEDICAL ETHICS (AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION); PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PRINCIPLES OF MEDICAL ETHICS (AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION);

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; CODES OF ETHICS; EMERGENCIES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL INDIGENCY; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 0030159144     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s096318010000726x     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. As published in the American Medical News 1980;Aug 1/8:9.
2. In Principle VII, we read that "A physician shall recognize a responsibility to participate in activities contributing to an improved community." However, without a constraint on physician autonomy, community participation is on the same footing as societal responsibility.
3. Hilfiker D. A doctor's view of modern medicine. The New York Times Magazine 1986:Feb 23.
4. Thomson JJ. A Defense of Abortion. Philosophy & Public Affairs 1971;1(1).
5. Rawls J. A Theory of Justice. Cambridge; Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1971:83.