Bioethics and the new medicine: an overview.
The term New Medicine describes our new age of health-care reform and biotechnological discoveries. While offering hope for a healthier and more productive nation, New Medicine challenges us to come to terms with the cost, the complex social issues resulting from medical breakthroughs, and the limits to autonomy. A simplified ABC overview of some of the many bioethical dilemmas that now confront us are offered in this article.
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University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA.
D001675:Bioethics; D005826:Genetics, Medical / Q000639:trends; D018166:Health Care Reform; D012297:Right to Die; D014481:United States