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This chapter gives a brief overview of the historical forces that have tended to condition the way we look at medical ethics today.
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Loewy, E.H. (1989). Historical Introduction. In: Textbook of Medical Ethics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-4479-9_1
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