title: Stumbled, fumbled, bumbled, grumbled, and humbled: looking back at the future history of clinical ethics.
abstract: This retrospective of the last quarter century of clinical ethics offers an examination of some of the areas in which it should focus, and refocus, attention in the next.
authors: Division of Palliative Medicine and Bioethics, Department of Medicine, Winthrop University Hospital, 222 Station Plaza North, Mineola, NY 11501 USA. JBerger@Winthrop.org.
authors: Jeffrey T
authors: JT
authors: Berger
mesh_terms: D026688:Bioethical Issues / Q000266:history; D001675:Bioethics / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends*; D001926:Brain Death; D003210:Concept Formation / Q000941:ethics; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000941:ethics*; D026822:Ethicists / Q000266:history / Q000592:standards; D033061:Ethics Consultation / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends; D026690:Ethics, Clinical; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006805:Human Experimentation / Q000941:ethics; D006801:Humans; D018447:Medical Futility / Q000941:ethics; D009040:Motion Pictures; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D019727:Proxy; D016414:Resuscitation Orders / Q000941:ethics*; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000941:ethics; D020458:Third-Party Consent / Q000941:ethics; D014481:United States; D035862:Vulnerable Populations