Social media platforms and organizational websites that facilitate organ procurement should respect potential donors’ autonomy and confidentiality.

In some cases, hope might not have substantial ethical or therapeutic value.

The legal definition of a patient and the corresponding duties of the physician have been debated in state courts for over a century, and many aspects of the question are still unresolved.

Transplant centers cannot regulate how people establish relationships, but when a donor-recipient pair comes together through Internet solicitation, the center must assess the donor’s motivations carefully.

The AMA Code of Medical Ethics opinions related to discrimination and disparities in health care.

A discussion of ethics concerns in psychiatric genetics focusing on predictive genetic testing, psychosocial consequences for patients, effects on family and communities, and the ethics of some emerging technologies.

Because the number of patients undergoing genetic testing is increasing, medical staff should be conscientious about their patients' potential needs for genetic counseling and be ready to advise patients on communicating their diagnoses to at-risk family members or refer them to genetic counselors.

The AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ opinion on disclosure of patients’ genetic test results.

Because maintaining strict confidentiality is often untenable, or even illegal, determining the extent of protections in the postmortem context ultimately entails a weighing of the various interests at stake.