ACP Ethics Manual Seventh Edition

Table of Contents

• Abstract
• Methods
• Professionalism
• The Physician and the Patient
  • Initiating and Discontinuing the Patient Physician Relationship
  • Third-Party Evaluations
  • Confidentiality
  • The Medical Record
  • Disclosure
  • Informed Decision Making and Consent
  • Decisions About Reproduction
  • Precision Medicine, Genetic Testing, Privacy, and Confidentiality
  • Medical Risk to Physician and Patient
  • The Patient-Physician Relationship and Health Care System Catastrophes
  • Complementary and Integrative Care
  • Disability Certification
  • Providing Medical Care to One's Self; Persons With Whom the Physician Has a Preexisting Close Nonprofessional Relationship or a Reporting Relationship; and VIPs
  • Sexual Contact Between Physician and Patient
  • Boundaries and Privacy
  • Gifts From Patients
• Care of Patients Near the End of Life
  • Palliative Care
  • Making Decisions Near the End of Life
  • Advance Care Planning
  • Withdrawing or Withholding Treatment
  • Artificial Nutrition and Hydration
  • Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders
  • Futile Treatments
  • Determination of Death
  • Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
  • Disorders of Consciousness
  • Solid Organ Transplantation
• The Ethics of Practice
  • The Changing Practice Environment
  • Financial Arrangements
  • Conflicts of Interest
  • Advertising
• The Physician and Society
  • Obligations of the Physician to Society
  • Resource Allocation
  • Relation of the Physician to Government
  • Cultural Humility and Volunteerism
  • Ethics Committees and Consultants
  • Medicine and the Law
  • Expert Witnesses
  • Strikes and Other Joint Actions by Physicians
• The Physician's Relationship to Other Clinicians
  • Attending Physicians and Physicians-in-Training
  • Consultation and Shared Care
  • The Impaired Physician
  • Peer Review
  • Conflicts Among Members of a Health Care Team
• Research
  • Protection of Human Subjects
  • Use of Human Biological Materials in Research
  • Placebo Controls
  • Innovative Medical Therapies and Research
  • Internet and Social Media Research
  • Scientific Publication
  • Sponsored Research
  • Public Announcement of Research Discoveries
• Conclusion
• Appendix: A 6-Step Approach to Assist Clinical Ethics Decision Making
• Acknowledgment (see the link at the top to Article, Author, and Disclosure Information)