Emerging issues in medical ethics.
Ethical principles are influenced by personal values and beliefs, and by societal context. They are not immutable. In medicine, as new technologies have developed and changes in health-care delivery have resulted, historically held views about the responsibilities, obligations and relationships between health-care providers and patients have been challenged.
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Dept of Psychiatry, Tufts-New England Medical Center Hospitals, Boston, MA 02111.
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