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2© 2009 by The World Medical Association, Inc.All rights reserved. Up to 10 copies of this document may bemade for your non-commercial personal use, provided thatcredit is given to the original source. You must have prior writtenpermission for any other reproduction, storage in a retrievalsystem or transmission, in any form or by any means. Requestsfor permission should be directed to The World MedicalAssociation, B.P. 63, 01212 Ferney-Voltaire Cedex, France;email: wma@wma.net, fax (+33) 450 40 59 37.This Manual is a publication of the Ethics Unit of the WorldMedical Association. It was written by John R. Williams,Director of Ethics, WMA. Its contents do not necessarily reflectthe policies of the WMA, except where this is clearly andexplicitly indicated.Cover, layout and concept by Tuuli Sauren,Inspirit International Communications, Belgium.Production and conceptWorld Health Communication Associates, UK.Pictures by Van Parys Media/CORBISCataloguing-in-Publication DataWilliams, John R. (John Reynold), 1942-.Medical ethics manual.1. Bioethics 2. Physician-Patient Relations - ethics.3. Physician’s Role 4. Biomedical Research - ethics5. Interprofessional Relations 6. Education, Medical - ethics7. Case reports 8. Manuals I. TitleISBN 92-990028-1-9(NLM classification: W 50)