World Health Forum. 1996 ; 17(2): 146-9.

Ethics and human values in health policy.

Bankowski Z.

Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

Technologies have given us more choices in health matters than ever before. At the same time, the moral ground on which we stand to make such choices has become more uncertain. The author reviews the underlying questions and difficulties, and suggests ways of approaching them.