Department of law and ethics

A federal district judge, Susan Getzendanner, has found twice against the AMA: First, she found that the group had “engaged in a conspiracy to contain and eliminate the chiropractic profession.” Second, she found that the AMA had been “restricting, regulating or impeding its members from associating with chiropractors.” She issued a permanent injunction against the AMA's doing this. The AMA is now required to say that it is ethical for a physician to associate with a chiropractor if it is in the best interests of the patient. In part, this is unnecessary, since this has been the policy of the AMA since 1980. The AMA will appeal (1)

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