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The American Medical Association releases its Declaration of Professional Responsibility.

2001

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Emerging from conversations about the social responsibility of medicine, the American Medical Association (AMA) outlines nine duties and obligations they see as being a physician's responsibilities. The declaration is framed as an improvement and expansion of the Hippocratic oath.

The nine points are as follows: "1) Respect human life and the dignity of every individual. 2) Refrain from supporting or committing crimes against humanity and condemn all such acts. 3) Treat the sick and injured with competence and compassion and without prejudice. 4) Apply our knowledge and skills when needed, though doing so may put us at risk. 5) Protect the privacy and confidentiality of those for whom we care and breach that confidence only when keeping it would seriously threaten their health and safety or that of others. 6) Work freely with colleagues to discover, develop, and promote advances in medicine and public health that ameliorate suffering and contribute to human well-being. 7) Educate the public and polity about present and future threats to the health of humanity. 8) Advocate for social, economic, educational, and political changes that ameliorate suffering and contribute to human well-being. 9) Teach and mentor those who follow us for they are the future of our caring profession" (AMA, 2001).