With several states having approved physician-assisted suicide, the American Medical Association (AMA) staked out a firm position opposing the practice. Reaffirming its long-held position at the ...

(HealthDay News) — With the issuing of the new U.S. Senate report on interrogations, the American Medical Association (AMA) is reminding physicians of their ethical obligations relating to torture and ...

Delegates of the American Medical Association (AMA) voted by a supermajority on June 9 to reaffirm the association’s opposition to physician-assisted suicide (PAS), while also strengthening conscience ...

CHICAGO -- The American Medical Association (AMA) should have been more outspoken about the politicization of healthcare, the organization's board chair said Monday at the AMA's annual meeting of its ...

The American Medical Association is urging insurers to adopt its “code of conduct” for health insurers, endorsed by 68 state and specialty societies, “to create consistent corporate practices that ...

States present lethal injections as a quasi-medical way of executing the condemned. New Jersey law goes so far as to refer to the lethal chemicals as “execution medications.” 174 But executions are ...

Bioethics is a small field, but we punch above our weight when it comes to writing. Professional journal articles, reports, and policies are arguably our primary written products, since the main job ...

Since the issuance of the Dobbs decision, there’s been significant discussion by lawyers, philosophers, healthcare providers and political leaders. The ruling has created uncertainty and confusion for ...