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Emerging Issues in Medical Ethics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2018

Carol C. Nadelson
Carol C. Nadelson*
Affiliation:
Dept of Psychiatry, (Box 1007) Tufts-New England Medical Center Hospitals, 750 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111 USA
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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.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 158 , Issue S10: Women and Mental Health , May 1991 , pp. 9 - 16
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991 

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