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American Medical Association - Research News and Information
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Definition of 'American Medical Association'Professional society representing the field of medicine. Common names: American Medical Association; Association, American Medical; Medical Association, American |
Resolved: the AMA is out of touch.
30 Jul 2008
Recent resolutions reinforce turf battles. But there's some cause for ... Read more...
Ethics, pandemics, and the duty to treat.
30 Jul 2008
Numerous grounds have been offered for the view that healthcare workers have a duty to treat, including expressed consent, implied consent, special training, reciprocity (also called the social contract view), and professional oaths and codes. ... Read more...
African American physicians and organized medicine, 1846-1968: origins of a racial divide.
8 Jul 2008
Like the nation as a whole, organized medicine in the United States carries a legacy of racial bias and segregation that should be understood and acknowledged. For more than 100 years, many state and local medical societies openly discriminated ... Read more...
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Latest indexed articles for 'American Medical Association'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Turf wars.
30 Oct 2008 - American Medical Association apologizes for racism in medicine.
29 Sep 2008 - "Together we are stronger": my first AMA Annual Meeting.
30 Aug 2008 - Prescription for conflict. CCHIT, AMA policies set up potential quandary.
9 Aug 2008 - Resolved: the AMA is out of touch.
30 Jul 2008 - AMA launches "Heal the Claims Process" campaign, unveils nat'l insurer report card.
30 Jul 2008 - The AMA Alliance: making a difference in public health.
30 Jul 2008 - Ethics, pandemics, and the duty to treat.
30 Jul 2008 - African American physicians and organized medicine, 1846-1968: origins of a racial divide.
8 Jul 2008 - Achieving racial harmony for the benefit of patients and communities: contrition, reconciliation, and collaboration.
8 Jul 2008 - Childhood obesity: highlights of AMA Expert Committee recommendations.
29 Jun 2008 - Tired of getting schooled by health insurers, the AMA issues its first report card to cut costs.
29 Jun 2008 - The war on drugs and addiction.
29 Jun 2008 - Getting down to business. AMA members look at own relevance.
21 Jun 2008 - Docs resist staff standard. AMA reconsiders its role in Joint Commission.
21 Jun 2008 - Lewis A. Sayre: the first Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery in America.
18 Jun 2008 - Preparing for the predictable surprise: surgeons and disaster response.
29 Apr 2008 - A critical appraisal of 2007 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) Practice Guidelines for Interventional Pain Management: an independent review utilizing AGREE, AMA, IOM, and other criteria.
29 Apr 2008 - [Conscience, principled refusal and ethics of refusal to provide treatment to a patient's request]
29 Apr 2008 - Rural surgery and surgical education.
22 Apr 2008
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Technical information about 'American Medical Association'
Definition: Professional society representing the field of medicine.
Descriptor UI: D000574
Alternative terms: American Medical Association; Association, American Medical; Medical Association, American;
Allowable Qualifiers: economics; history; organization & administration;
Tree Number: N03.540.828.589.274;
History Note: 66
Technical Notes: add UNITED STATES (NIM); DF: AMA CATALOG: use NAF entry