AMA Code of Medical Ethics' Opinions Related to Prescription Drugs.

The AMA offers guidance on topics related to prescription drugs, including access, stewardship, and professionalism.

How Should One Live Everlasting Life?

New and emerging life-extension technologies require careful consideration of ethical implications related to resource scarcity and justice, prompting an analysis of what, if anything, is intrinsic to experiences we define as human. Furthermore, extended lifespans suggest the importance of reinterpreting traditional roles of health care professionals as the needs of patients, communities, and clinicians shift.

AMA ' Opinions Related to Ethics of Life-Sustaining Technologies.

Advances in science and technology have far-reaching potential for implementation in health care and must be considered from an ethics perspective. Physicians conducting research on such technologies must consider their duties to subjects and patients. The AMA offers guidance on research conduct and best practices for using innovation patents.

AMA Policies and Code of Medical Ethics' Opinions Related to Health Care for Patients Who Are Immigrants, Refugees, or Asylees.

Accessing health care resources in the United States often proves to be a difficult task for vulnerable populations. Immigrants, in particular, face barriers and difficulties in obtaining continuous medical care, which negatively impacts both patients and clinicians. The AMA offers guidance on how physicians and health care systems can best support undocumented and lawfully present immigrants alike to promote the best possible care for all who need it.

Intravenous Ketamine Infusion for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Survey, Consensus, and a Reference Protocol.

Objective: To find and reach a consensus on the usage of ketamine in the treatment of complex regional pain syndrome and to determine a reference protocol for future studies.

Design: Three hundred fifty-one medical professionals participated in our survey on practice procedures, with 104 respondents providing information on their usage of ketamine for treating the pain associated with complex regional pain syndrome. Respondents answered questions about inpatient treatment, outpatient treatment, children vs adults, safety, and basic demographic information.