| Nonclinical use of online social networking sites: new and old challenges to medical professionalism. | |
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PMID: 21837891 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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The AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (CEJA) has written a position paper on how social medical use challenges medical professionalism. The report offers persuasive ethical and practical guidelines for nonclinical internet use, specifically for social networking. This commentary provides a framework from which to apply these guidelines, but adds that there may be important situations in which physicians are not able to act in accordance. The guidelines call for professional reporting of questionable online portrayals or behaviors, but this commentary argues that this may be not only cumbersome to implement, but may violate aspects of constitutional rights. While online social networking may in many ways be a new application of old challenges, there may be other aspects that require novel approaches to medical professionalism. |
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Authors:
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Lindsay A Thompson; Erik W Black |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Comment; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The Journal of clinical ethics Volume: 22 ISSN: 1046-7890 ISO Abbreviation: J Clin Ethics Publication Date: 2011 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2011-08-15 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9114645 Medline TA: J Clin Ethics Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 179-82 Citation Subset: E; IM |
Affiliation:
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College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA. lathompson@peds.ufl.edu |
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Comment On:
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J Clin Ethics. 2011 Summer;22(2):165-72
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21837888
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Comment In:
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J Clin Ethics. 2011 Summer;22(2):191-3
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21837894
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