The American Medical Association (AMA) Code of Medical Ethics' opinions underscore a physician's responsibility to act in an emergency when patients cannot give informed consent and a surrogate or advance directive is unavailable. The duty to provide urgent care extends even to patients with whom the physician has a familial, social, or professional relationship and in cases in which physicians themselves might be subject to harm.
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Chaet, D. H. (2018). The AMA code of medical ethics’ opinions related to urgent decision making. AMA Journal of Ethics, 20(5), 464–466. https://doi.org/10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.5.coet1-1805
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