Preface
Acknowledgments
A HeadHow to Use This Text
Foreword
A HeadList of Abbreviations
A HeadList of Court Decisions
PartI Introduction to Health Care Ethics
Chapter1 The Ethics of Health Care
Chapter2 Values and Principles Confronting Our Health Care System
PartII The Ethics of Access to Health Care
Chapter3 Access to Affordable Health Insurance
Chapter4 Patients' Rights and Responsibilities
Chapter5 Charitable Care and Tax-Exempt Hospitals
PartIII The Ethical Development of Human Capital
Chapter6 Employers' Health Care Costs
Chapter7 Management and Labor Relations
PartIV Improving the Quality and Equality of Health Care
Chapter8 Evidence-Based Medicine
Chapter9 Medical Malpractice
Chapter10 Mental Health
PartV Our Health Care System's Ethical Response to Vulnerable Members of Society
Chapter11 The HIV/AIDS Pandemic
Chapter12 Environmental Safety and Gun Injury Prevention
PartVI Pressing Issues Facing Our Health Care System
Chapter13 Women's Reproductive Health
Chapter14 Nutrition and Food Safety
Chapter15 End-of-Life Care
PartVII Our Future Health Care System
Chapter16 Our Future: A New Kind of Health Care Ethics