Contributors | p. ix |
About the Author | p. xi |
Preface | p. xiii |
Foundations in Theory | p. 1 |
Theory of Health Care Ethics | p. 3 |
Principles of Health Care Ethics | p. 41 |
Critical Issues for Individuals | p. 59 |
The Moral Status of Gametes and Embryos: Storage and Surrogacy | p. 61 |
The Ethical Challenge of the New Reproductive Technology | p. 71 |
Abortion: The Unexplored Middle Ground | p. 87 |
Proposals for Human Cloning: A Review and Ethical Evaluation | p. 99 |
Competency: What It Is, What It Isn't, and Why It Matters | p. 110 |
The Patient Self-Determination Act | p. 123 |
Older People and Long-Term Care: Issues of Access | p. 167 |
Respecting Autonomy of Elders in Nursing Homes | p. 184 |
Death, Medicine, and Moral Significance of Family Decision Making | p. 201 |
Ethical Issues in the Use of Fluids and Nutrition: When Can They Be Withdrawn? | p. 210 |
Ethical Issues Concerning Physician-Assisted Death | p. 222 |
Critical Issues For Health Care Organizations | p. 235 |
Health Care Institutional Ethics: Broader than Clinical Ethics | p. 237 |
Hospital Ethics Committees: Rules, Membership Structure, and Difficulties | p. 251 |
Ethically-Important Distinctions Among Managed Care Organizations | p. 267 |
Bioethical Dilemmas in Emergency Medicine and Prehospital Care | p. 283 |
High-Technology Home Care: Critical Issues and Ethical Choices | p. 297 |
Spirituality in Health Care Organizations | p. 321 |
Critical Issues in Societal Health | p. 337 |
Equality and Inequality in American Health Care | p. 339 |
Is Rationing of Health Care Ethically Defensible? | p. 355 |
Domestic Violence: Changing Theory, Changing Practice | p. 365 |
Ethics Issues in Disaster Relief | p. 382 |
Looking Toward the Future | p. 397 |
Glossary | p. 409 |
Index | p. 419 |
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