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The American Medical Association calls out physicians who solicit wealthy patients for donations.

2004

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A statement is issued by the American Medical Association (AMA) in response to the rising practice of physicians fundraising from wealthy patients to cover medical costs. It states that: “physicians should avoid directly soliciting their own patients, especially at the time of a clinical encounter.”