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| Preface | p. vii |
| Correlation Guide | p. xvii |
| Introduction | p. xix |
| The Health Care Industry | p. 1 |
| Should the United States Adopt a Single-Payer Plan to Fund National Health Insurance? | p. 2 |
| YES: Physicians for a National Health Program, from "Proposal of the physicians' Working Group for Single Payer National Health Insurance," (2006). http://www.pnhp.org/ | p. 4 |
| NO: Ezekiel J. Emanuel, from "The Problem With Single-Payer Plans," Hastings Center Report (January-February 2008) | p. 8 |
| Should Life-Sustaining Medical Care Be Rationed Based on Age? | p. 16 |
| YES: Clare M. Clarke, from "Rationing Scarce Life-Sustaining Resources on the Basis of Age," Journal of Advanced Nursing (September 2001) | p. 18 |
| NO: Norman G. Levinsky, from "Can We Afford Medical Care for Alice C?" The Lancet (December 1998) | p. 27 |
| Is the Pharmaceutical Industry Responsible for the High Cost of Prescription Drugs? | p. 34 |
| YES: Christopher F. Koller, from "Prescription for Trouble: Why Drug Prices Keep Exploding," Commonweal (June 15, 2001) | p. 36 |
| NO: Peter W. Huber, from "Of Pills and Profits: In Defense of Big Pharma," Commentary (July/August 2006) | p. 43 |
| Health And Society | p. 57 |
| Is Drug Testing Vital to the Workplace? | p. 58 |
| YES: William F. Current, from "Cut Costs and Increase Safety with Pre-Employment Drug Testing," Occupational Hazards (July 2002) | p. 60 |
| NO: Jacob Sullum, from "Urine---or You're Out: Drug Testing Is Invasive, Insulting, and Generally Irrelevant to Job Performance. Why Do So Many Companies Insist on It?" Reason (November 2002) | p. 64 |
| Should Doctors Ever Help Terminally III Patients to Commit Suicide? | p. 77 |
| YES: Richard T. Hull, from "The Case for Physician-Assisted Suicide," Free Inquiry (Spring 2003) | p. 79 |
| NO: Margaret Somerville, from "The Case Against: Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide," Free Inquiry (Spring 2003) | p. 83 |
| Should the Government Regulate the Sale, Advertisement, and Distribution of Junk Food? | p. 90 |
| YES: Marion Nestle and Michael F. Jacobson, from "Halting the Obesity Epidemic: A Public Health Policy Approach," Public Health Reports (January/February 2000) | p. 92 |
| NO: Michelle Cottle, from "Heavy Duty---The War on Tobacco Becomes the War on Fat," The New Republic (May 13, 2002) | p. 109 |
| Should Doctors Prescribe Drugs Based On Race? | p. 117 |
| YES: Sally Satel, from "I am a Racially Profiling Doctor," The New York Times Magazine (May 5, 2002) | p. 119 |
| NO: Gregory Michael Dorr and David S. Jones, from "Facts and Fiction: BiDil and the Resurgence of Racial Medicine," Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics (Fall 2008) | p. 124 |
| Should Embryonic Stem Cell Research Be Permitted? | p. 134 |
| YES: Jeffrey Hart, from "NR on Stem Cells: The Magazine Is Wrong," National Review (April 19, 2004) | p. 136 |
| NO: Ramesh Ponnuru, from "NR on Stem Cells: The Magazine Is Right," National Review (April 19, 2004) | p. 139 |
| Mind-Body Relationship | p. 145 |
| Should Addiction to Drugs Be Labeled a Brain Disease? | p. 146 |
| YES: Alan I. Leshner, from "Addiction Is a Brain Disease," Issues in Science and Technology (Spring 2001) | p. 148 |
| NO: Sally L. Satel, from "The Fallacies of No-Fault Addiction," The Public Interest (Winter 1999) | p. 155 |
| Do Religion and Prayer Benefit Health? | p. 168 |
| YES: Gregg Easterbrook, from "Is Religion Good for Your Health?" The New Republic (July 19 & 26, 1999) | p. 170 |
| NO: Michael Shermer, from "Prayer and Healing: The Verdict Is in and the Results Are Null," Skeptic (vol. 12, no. 3, 2006) | p. 176 |
| Sexuality And Gender Issues | p. 183 |
| Is It Necessary for Pregnant Women to Completely Abstain from All Alcoholic Beverages? | p. 184 |
| YES: Phyllida Brown, from "Drinking for Two," New Scientist (July 1, 2006) | p. 186 |
| NO: Julia Moskin, from "The Weighty Responsibility of Drinking for Two," The New York Times (November 29, 2006) | p. 191 |
| Should Pro-Life Health Providers Be Allowed to Deny Prescriptions on the Basis of Conscience? | p. 197 |
| YES: John A. Menges, from "Public Hearing on HB4346 Before the House State Government Administration Committee," Illinois House State Government Administration Committee (February 15, 2006) | p. 199 |
| NO: R. Alta Charo, from "The Celestial Fire of Conscience---Refusing to Deliver Medical Care," New England Journal of Medicine (June 16, 2005) | p. 202 |
| Should the Cervical Cancer Vaccine for Girls Be Compulsory? | p. 208 |
| YES: Cynthia Dailard, from "Achieving Universal Vaccination Against Cervical Cancer in the United States: The Need and the Means," Guttmacher Policy Review (Fall 2006) | p. 210 |
| NO: Gail Javitt, Deena Berkowitz, and Lawrence O. Gostin, from "Assessing Mandatory HPV Vaccination: Who Should Call the Shots?" Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics (Summer 2008) | p. 217 |
| Is There a Post-Abortion Syndrome? | p. 237 |
| YES: Ian Gentles, from "Poor God-Crazed Rhonda: Daring to Challenge the 'Scientific' Consensus," The Human Life Review (Spring 2007) | p. 239 |
| NO: Emily Bazelon, from "Is There a Post-Abortion Syndrome?" The New York Times Magazine (January 21, 2007) | p. 245 |
| Public Health Issues | p. 263 |
| Is There a Link Between Vaccination and Autism? | p. 264 |
| YES: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., from "Deadly Immunity," Rolling Stone (June 30--July 14, 2005) | p. 266 |
| NO: Matthew Normand and Jessee Dallery, from "Mercury Rising: Exposing the Vaccine-Autism Myth," Skeptic, (vol. 13, no. 3, 2007) | p. 276 |
| Does Anabolic Steroid Use Cause Serious Health Problems for Athletes? | p. 286 |
| YES: Glenn Cook, from "Steroids: Shortcut to Tragedy," American School Board Journal (August 2004) | p. 288 |
| NO: Dayn Perry, from "Pumped-Up Hysteria: Forget the Hype.Steroids Aren't Wrecking Professional Baseball," Reason (January 2003) | p. 296 |
| Will Global Warming Negatively Impact Human Health? | p. 308 |
| YES: Carl Bloice and Conn Hallinan, from "Global Warming," California Nurse (December 2005) | p. 310 |
| NO: Indur M. Goklany, from "Stop the Panic on Climate Change," USA Today Magazine (May 2008) | p. 317 |
| Is Breastfeeding the Best Way to Feed Babies? | p. 327 |
| YES: Pat Thomas, from "Suck on This," The Ecologist (May 2006) | p. 329 |
| NO: Hanna Rosin, from "The Case Against Breastfeeding," The Atlantic (April 2009) | p. 345 |
| Consumer Health | p. 357 |
| Is It Safe to Consume Genetically Engineered Foods? | p. 358 |
| YES: Henry I. Miller and Gregory Conko, from "Scary Food," Policy Review (June/July 2006) | p. 360 |
| NO: Mark Schapiro, from "Sowing Disaster: How Genetically Engineered American Corn Has Altered the Global Landscape," The Nation (October 28, 2002) | p. 368 |
| Does Obesity Cause a Decline in Life Expectancy? | p. 383 |
| YES: Samuel H. Preston, from "Deadweight? The Influence of Obesity on Longevity," New England Journal of Medicine (March 17, 2005) | p. 385 |
| NO: Paul Campos, from "The Weighting Game: Why Being Fat Isn't Bad for You," The New Republic (January 13, 2003) | p. 389 |
| Contributors | p. 399 |
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