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Why medical ethics?

S A Doxiadis
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A brief summary is given of the factors which make knowledge of and sensitivity for medical ethics necessary for all health professionals today. It is then noted that most activities in this field are centered around diagnostic and therapeutic medicine, the one-to-one, doctor-to-patient relationship. Reasons are then given why ethical dilemmas in health promotion and preventive medicine are equally or more important than in therapeutic medicine.

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S A Doxiadis. 1990. Why medical ethics?. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2356164/

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