title: Is the physician's duty to the individual patient or to society?
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Sprung
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Eidelman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Steinberg
mesh_terms: D026686:Beneficence; D032921:Consensus; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care; D018447:Medical Futility; D028681:Moral Obligations; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D016079:Refusal to Treat; D040841:Resource Allocation; D012941:Social Responsibility; D035502:Trust; D028761:Withholding Treatment