Global medical supply chain security is essential for the health care system to run efficiently and allow physicians to effectively treat patients.When the global medical supply chain fails, as was seen during the COVID-19 pandemic, physicians are put in the difficult position of not having enough resources and being required to put themselves at risk to provide care for sick patients.The AMA Code of Medical Ethics provides opinions giving guidance to physicians regarding this issue.
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