RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Those were the days: looking back at the future JF Journal of Medical Ethics JO J Med Ethics FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics SP 356 OP 359 DO 10.1136/jme.22.6.356 VO 22 IS 6 A1 Inez De Beaufort YR 1996 UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/22/6/356.abstract AB The central idea of this “article” is that certain developments such as extreme simplification, the politicisation of medical ethics, the “normative industry” and “empirethics”, may seriously threaten the (future) practice of medical ethics.