BIOETHICS: DEFINITION AND IMPORTANCE FOR TODAY (James Muyskens); MILGRAM OBEDIENCE EXPERIMENT; EDITOR SPEAKS (Herbert H. Hyman); Letters to Editor (Carol Maicki, Peter Rogatz, MD, and Henry A. Beyer); GUEST EDITOR SPEAKS—Postscript to Patients and Doctors (Jay Dobkin, MD)

This issue addressed the growing ethical issues related to the expansion of technology and cost consciousness in the delivery of medical care. Two letters to the editor were in response to a prior piece on sexual assault and one about communications and medical care.