The A.M.A. adopts sweeping changes in its ethics code
For a long time the American Medical Association often seemed like a stuffy gentlemen's club: jealous of member privileges, adamantly opposed to change. It resisted Medicare, the federal medical program for the elderly, and still balks at government-run national health insurance. But lately the old club is becoming more relaxed. The latest sign of change came at the organization's annual meeting in Chicago last week. By an overwhelming margin, the A.M.A.'s 279-member legislative body, the house of delegates, approved sweeping revisions in the code of ethics that tells doctors how to conduct...
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