The AMA Code of Medical Ethics opinions related to ethics consultations and ethics committees in health care institutions.

McMaster University’s medical school curriculum promotes compassionate, person-centered care by incorporating the views of persons with disabilities.

Physicians must resist judging the quality of life of their patients with Down syndrome and learn to listen and see them as individual personalities.

Women with intellectual disabilities should not be sedated for a pap smear without their assent, and the test’s risks and benefits should be weighed.

Women with intellectual disabilities should not be sedated for a pap smear without their assent, and the test’s risks and benefits should be weighed.

Physicians should provide women considering abortion after Down syndrome screening with unbiased information and not attempt to influence their decision.

Courses on medical malpractice litigation help medical students learn what is expected of them as expert witness and defendant through a mock deposition.

AMA Journal of Ethics theme editor Arina Evgenievna Chesnokova, MPH, a third-year medical student at Baylor College of Medicine, interviewed Megan Sandel, MD, MPH about how physicians can establish partnerships with attorneys.

Alternatives to suing could help open communication between injured patients and clinicians.

Clinicians must avoid violating professional ethical principles and patients’ legal rights and they may not ever discriminate. So, what does that mean in practice?