AMA weighs whether docs should hang up their white coats

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Wall Street Journal Health Blog, June 15, 2009

One of the policy questions that AMA delegates will consider at their annual conferenc is whether doctors should forgo their iconic white coats for something a little less dangerous for patients. The measure would urge hospitals to adopt dress codes of "bare below the elbows," to avoid carrying bacteria between patients via coat sleeves.

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