At its annual meeting, AMA adopted new ethical guidance to assist physicians in understanding their role in caring for patients who are seeking or receiving treatments or procedures outside the United States.
Medical tourism often yields ethical, safety, quality and follow-up care concerns, according to AMA.
“When asked to make right what went wrong as a result of medical travel, physicians can be confronted with a problematic position when they lack vital information to guide follow-up care,” Patrice A. Harris, MD, immediate past chair of AMA, said in a press (Read more...)
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