What is the role of clinical ethics support in the era of e-medicine?

The internet is becoming increasingly important in health care practice. Th e number of health-related web sites is rising exponentially us people seek health-related information and services to supplement traditional sources, such as their local doctor, friends, or family The development of e-medici ne poses important ethical challenges, both for health professionals and fo r those who provide clinical ethics support for them. This paper describes some of these challenges and explores some of the ways in which those who p rovide? clinical ethics support might respond creatively to them. By offeri ng ways of responding to such challenges, both electronically and face-re-f ace, the providers of clinical ethics support can show themselves to be an indispensable part of good quality health care provision.