Dr Robert Field and Dr Yashaswini Singh join the AMA Journal of Ethics Grand Rounds series to discuss what patients and clinicians should know about private equity in health care.
Dr Mollyann Brodie talks about the about the science of polling, public opinions on COVID-19, and politically-divergent views on policy options to achieve universal health care coverage.
The American Medical Association Code of Medical Ethics’ opinions on physicians’ self-referral and physicians’ sale of health-related and non-health-related products from their offices.
AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(8):739-743. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.8.coet1-1508.
A physician responds to a previous article about the differences between using a commercial laboratory and a smaller hospital or pathology group lab for dermatological tests.
A physician and a lawyer argue against a dermatology clinic switching from a small, reliable pathology lab to a large-scale pathology lab in order to receive volume discounts and increase profit.
A physician explains that the sale of nonprescription cosmeceuticals from a dermatology office should be done in a manner that is educational but non-threatening to patients.
The president of the Association of American Medical Colleges gives reasons why medical schools need to continue affirmative action admissions policies.