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Bioethics emerged as a new discipline in the 1970s and as a result put the traditional concept of medical ethics under pressure because of three factors. One was increasing criticism of paternalism of the medical professional. The second was the growing power of science and technology that placed moral concerns about life-supporting technologies, dialysis, transplantation, human research, and reproductive technologies high on the public agenda. The third factor was social change in which patients emphasized the importance of their rights over the virtues and duties of physicians.
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ten Have, H., Patrão Neves, M. (2021). Bioethics, History. In: Dictionary of Global Bioethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54161-3_85
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