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National advance care planning toolkit website

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11190

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2014-03-01

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Population health/ health equity/ public health

Resolution: BD14-05-162; The Canadian Medical Association recommends the use of a national advance care planning toolkit website with references to provincial and territorial resources to assist physicians in conversations about advanced care planning with their patients.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2014-03-01

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Population health/ health equity/ public health

Resolution: BD14-05-162; The Canadian Medical Association recommends the use of a national advance care planning toolkit website with references to provincial and territorial resources to assist physicians in conversations about advanced care planning with their patients.

Advanced care directive functionality

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11191

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2014-03-01

Topics: Population health/ health equity/ public health; Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: BD14-05-163; The Canadian Medical Association advocates for the inclusion of advanced care directive functionality as an electronic medical record vendor conformance and usability requirement.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2014-03-01

Topics: Population health/ health equity/ public health; Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: BD14-05-163; The Canadian Medical Association advocates for the inclusion of advanced care directive functionality as an electronic medical record vendor conformance and usability requirement.

Advance care plans

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11215

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Population health/ health equity/ public health; Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: GC14-19; The Canadian Medical Association supports the integration of advance care plans within patient records.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Population health/ health equity/ public health; Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: GC14-19; The Canadian Medical Association supports the integration of advance care plans within patient records.

CMA supports all physicians in CMA's policy on euthanasia and assisted suicide.

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11220

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: GC14-24; The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) supports the right of all physicians, within the bounds of existing legislation, to follow their conscience when deciding whether to provide medical aid in dying as defined in CMA's policy on euthanasia and assisted suicide.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: GC14-24; The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) supports the right of all physicians, within the bounds of existing legislation, to follow their conscience when deciding whether to provide medical aid in dying as defined in CMA's policy on euthanasia and assisted suicide.

Palliative care services and expertise

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11216

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Physician practice/ compensation/ forms

Resolution: GC14-20; The Canadian Medical Association believes that all health care providers should have access to referral for palliative care services and expertise.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Physician practice/ compensation/ forms

Resolution: GC14-20; The Canadian Medical Association believes that all health care providers should have access to referral for palliative care services and expertise.

Emergency funding for end-of-life care for uninsured people residing in Canada

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11221

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Population health/ health equity/ public health; Health systems, system funding and performance; Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: GC14-26; The Canadian Medical Association supports in principle emergency funding for end-of-life care for uninsured people residing in Canada.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Population health/ health equity/ public health; Health systems, system funding and performance; Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: GC14-26; The Canadian Medical Association supports in principle emergency funding for end-of-life care for uninsured people residing in Canada.

Home-care agencies be mandated to have a director who is in good standing as a registered health professional

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11223

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC14-40; The Canadian Medical Association recommends that all home-care agencies be mandated to have on staff a director who is in good standing as a registered health professional.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC14-40; The Canadian Medical Association recommends that all home-care agencies be mandated to have on staff a director who is in good standing as a registered health professional.

Accessible, comprehensive and high-quality care for transgender patients

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11227

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Health systems, system funding and performance; Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: GC14-38; The Canadian Medical Association calls for accessible, comprehensive and high-quality care for transgender patients.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Health systems, system funding and performance; Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: GC14-38; The Canadian Medical Association calls for accessible, comprehensive and high-quality care for transgender patients.

Integration of sex/gender diversity education into medical school curricula and programs

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11228

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Health human resources; Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: GC14-48; The Canadian Medical Association calls for the integration of sex/gender diversity education into medical school curricula and programs.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Health human resources; Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: GC14-48; The Canadian Medical Association calls for the integration of sex/gender diversity education into medical school curricula and programs.

Early training in cultural awareness

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11229

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Health systems, system funding and performance

Resolution: GC14-49; The Canadian Medical Association encourages the directors of all medical trainee programs to provide early training in cultural awareness.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Health systems, system funding and performance

Resolution: GC14-49; The Canadian Medical Association encourages the directors of all medical trainee programs to provide early training in cultural awareness.

Secure modes of electronic communication between patients and health care providers

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11230

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Health information and e-health; Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: GC14-41; The Canadian Medical Association supports the creation and use of secure modes of electronic communication between patients and health care providers.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Health information and e-health; Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: GC14-41; The Canadian Medical Association supports the creation and use of secure modes of electronic communication between patients and health care providers.

Code of ethics be developed to govern business-development strategies of companies in the health field

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11235

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Health care and patient safety; Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: GC14-39; The Canadian Medical Association recommends that a code of ethics be developed to govern business-development strategies of companies in the health field.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Health care and patient safety; Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: GC14-39; The Canadian Medical Association recommends that a code of ethics be developed to govern business-development strategies of companies in the health field.

Protecting physicians and patients in conflict zones

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11243

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Health care and patient safety; Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: GC14-45; The Canadian Medical Association will bring recommendations to the World Medical Association to help ensure that physicians and patients in conflict zones are protected against attack.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Health care and patient safety; Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: GC14-45; The Canadian Medical Association will bring recommendations to the World Medical Association to help ensure that physicians and patients in conflict zones are protected against attack.

Remembrance Day ceremonies

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11245

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: GC14-47; The Canadian Medical Association encourages provincial/territorial medical associations and local academies of medicine to participate in Remembrance Day ceremonies by taking part in wreath-laying and other ceremonies on behalf of physicians and the medical profession.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: GC14-47; The Canadian Medical Association encourages provincial/territorial medical associations and local academies of medicine to participate in Remembrance Day ceremonies by taking part in wreath-laying and other ceremonies on behalf of physicians and the medical profession.

Educating physicians about the prevalence of child abuse

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11246

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC14-50; The Canadian Medical Association supports the need to educate physicians about the prevalence of child abuse.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC14-50; The Canadian Medical Association supports the need to educate physicians about the prevalence of child abuse.

Gender identity

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11250

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: GC14-64; The Canadian Medical Association supports the position that all adolescent and adult persons have the right to define their own gender identity.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: GC14-64; The Canadian Medical Association supports the position that all adolescent and adult persons have the right to define their own gender identity.

Big data and its negative impact on professionalism and the confidentiality of medical data

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11263

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Health information and e-health

Resolution: GC14-67; The Canadian Medical Association will propose guidelines to ensure optimal use of big data while limiting its negative impact on professionalism and the confidentiality of medical data.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Health information and e-health

Resolution: GC14-67; The Canadian Medical Association will propose guidelines to ensure optimal use of big data while limiting its negative impact on professionalism and the confidentiality of medical data.

Assisted human reproduction

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11264

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: GC14-66; The Canadian Medical Association will assess the ethical and economic impacts of recent changes in assisted human reproduction and consider revising its policy.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: GC14-66; The Canadian Medical Association will assess the ethical and economic impacts of recent changes in assisted human reproduction and consider revising its policy.

Professional autonomy, regardless of practice setting

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11265

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: GC14-68; The Canadian Medical Association will modify its Code of Ethics to enable physicians to use their professional autonomy, regardless of their practice setting.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: GC14-68; The Canadian Medical Association will modify its Code of Ethics to enable physicians to use their professional autonomy, regardless of their practice setting.

Indiscriminate sharing of mental health information between the United States and Canada

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11266

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: GC14-69; The Canadian Medical Association believes that indiscriminate sharing of mental health information between the United States and Canada threatens the principle of non-discriminatory border crossing.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: GC14-69; The Canadian Medical Association believes that indiscriminate sharing of mental health information between the United States and Canada threatens the principle of non-discriminatory border crossing.

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