title: Emerging issues in medical ethics.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Psychiatry, Tufts-New England Medical Center Hospitals, Boston, MA 02111.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Nadelson
mesh_terms: D000029:Abortion, Legal; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012099:Reproductive Techniques; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*