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Re-examining care for the dying: AMA: education key to making end-of-life decisions

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The American Medical Association (AMA) plans to launch a profession-wide educational program to transform how physicians approach end-of-life clinical care and ethical issues. The AMA plans to directly instruct 10% of all American physicians and to provide educational materials for all physicians charged with direct patient care. Although the association does not condone legalized physician-assisted suicide, it remains committed to providing solutions for easing patient suffering.

Practice, Social policy, Assisted suicide, Ethical aspects, American Medical Association

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Doctors, unions often not a good match

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Many physicians and medical residents are increasingly wondering if unionizing can help alleviate their frustrations with managed care insurers. Unionizing is not be an option for many physicians, and may not be the best option for those physicians who are eligible to join unions. The American Medical Assn is working to give physicians a greater voice in legislations affecting health insurance and managed care.

Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers, Hospital and medical service plans, Medical Care Insurance, Labor organizations, Labor Unions and Similar Labor Organizations, Unions-Services, Management, Column, Labor relations, Health insurance, Health insurance industry, Service industries workers' unions

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