title: Introduction -- a modern version of an ancient question.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wicclair
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barnard
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000266:history / Q000628:therapy; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000941:ethics* / Q000266:history; D004992:Ethics, Medical / Q000266:history; D005060:Europe; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D028681:Moral Obligations; D010820:Physicians / Q000941:ethics* / Q000266:history; D010930:Plague / Q000266:history / Q000628:therapy; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release / Q000266:history; D016079:Refusal to Treat / Q000941:ethics*; D014481:United States