Individual Position Papers
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Pay-for-Performance Principles that Ensure the Promotion of Patient Centered Care—An Ethics Manifesto
- This paper was approved by the American College of Physicians Board of Regents on October 29, 2007. A shorter version of the paper entitled "Pay-for-Performance Principles That Promote Patient Centered Care: An Ethics Manifesto" is available in the December 4, 2007 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. -
Ethics and Time, Time Perception, And The Patient-Physician Relationship
- This paper was approved by the American College of Physicians Board of Regents March 31, 2003. Another version of the paper entitled: "The Doctor Will See You Shortly: The Ethical Significance of Time for the Patient-Physician Relationship." is available in the November 2005 issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine -
Medical Professionalism in the Changing Health Care Environment: Revitalizing Internal Medicine by Focusing on the Patient-Physician Relationship
- This paper was approved by the American College of Physicians Board of Regents April 20, 2004. -
Medical Professionalism in the New Millenium: A Physician Charter

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Letter to DEA expressing the importance of a continued dialogue between the medical community and the DEA on pain management issues and the need for reasonable, clear and final guidance from the DEA. Press Release, DEA's Response to Charles Francis, MD, FACP, President ACP
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Obligations and Opportunities: The Role of Clinical Societies in the Ethics of Managed Care
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Life, Death, and the American College of Physicians: The Cruzan Case

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