Biomedical ethics: a multidisciplinary approach to moral issues in medicine and biology

pt. 1. The nature of biomedical ethics Introduction : the nature of biomedical ethics / David Steinberg Bioethics : then and now / Allan M. Brandt Bioethics : then and now / Albert R. Jonsen The nature of morality / Jerome Kagan The nature of morality : the category of bad acts / Richard A. Shweder The biological basis of morality / David Sloan Wilson The amoral roots of morality / David Haig Religion and the public discourse of bioethics / Laurie Zoloth Religion and bioethics / Daniel Callahan Feminist approaches to bioethics / Rosemarie Tong Feminist approaches to bioethics / Gilbert Meilaender Bioethics in culturally diverse societies / Leigh Turner Bioethics in culturally diverse societies / Bernard Gert

pt. 2. The power of language Introduction : the power of language / David Steinberg The total artificial heart : is paying for it immoral and stopping it murder? / Robert M. Veatch The total artificial heart and the morality of killing / David Steinberg Is this incest? / Arthur P. Wolf Embryo adoption / Sarah-Vaughan Brakman The politics of embryo transfer / Mary Anderlik Majumder Defending challenges to the concept of "brain death" / James L. Bernat The concept of brain death / Michael A. Devita, Robert M. Arnold An ethical framework for fetal research / Frank A. Chervenak, Laurence B. McCullough Ethics and fetal research / Sidney Callahan Transgenderism / Norman Spack Beyond the medical model of gender dysphoria to morphological self-determination / James L. Hughes

pt. 3. Novel technologies Introduction : novel technologies / David Steinberg Cloning human beings / Dan W. Brock Commentary on human cloning / Ruth Macklin Cloning human beings / Daniel Callahan Ethical issues of egg donation / Sharon Steinberg Consent and uncertainty in egg donation / John A. Robertson A lesbian couple who both want a biologic link to their offspring / Cynthia B. Cohen Social and ethical challenges of prenatal diagnosis / Diane Beeson Prenatal diagnosis / Peter Singer Preimplantation genetic diagnosis : beginning a long conversation / Erik Parens, Thomas H. Murray Heating up the conversation? / Paul Lauritzen Genetic enhancement : a conceptual and ethical challenge for gene therapy regulation / Eric T. Juengst Genetic enhancement / Glenn McGee Genetically modified organisms / Daniel Magnus Reason and repugnance / Daniel Callahan Human gene banks / Garrath Williams Are human gene banks worth it? / Jon F. Merz Implantable brain chips : ethical and policy issues / Ellen M. McGee, Gerald Q. Maguire, Jr. Implantable brain chips, will they change who we are? / Daniel C. Dennett The fight over how to allocate livers / Robert M. Veatch Equity in liver allocation / Dan W. Brock

pt. 4. In the clinical arena Introduction : in the clinical arena / David Steinberg The value of an ethics consultation / David Ozar Who does the ethics consultation serve? / Robert D. Orr Should I lie to the insurance company? / James E. Sabin Conflicting advance directives / David Goldblatt What information should be disclosed to patients? / David Steinberg The characteristics of information and avoiding surprises / Heather J. Gert The man who wouldn't be shocked / John A. Balint The case of the unresponsive hermit / Dan W. Brock Live organ donation : determining the mental age of consent / Stuart J. Youngner A time for reflection / Joseph J. Fins Let my wife bleed to death / Paul S. Appelbaum A teenager's refusal of assent for treatment / Nuala P. Kenny Can an HIV-positive woman be forced to take medicine to protect her fetus? / Mandy Garber, Susan C. Hunt, Robert M. Arnold Ethics for astronauts / Walter M. Robinson Bioethics in space / Paul Root Wolpe When the school bus driver is a drinker / Stuart J. Youngner Should a clinical trial coordinator blow the whistle? / Howard Brody Do physicians overtreat the seriously ill? / James L. Bernat Reply : do physicians overtreat the seriously ill? / George J. Annas Is terminal sedation really euthanasia? / Robert M. Taylor My mother was a fighter / Gary S. Fischer, Robert M. Arnold Rational suicide and the terminally ill / Susan D. Block Rational but wrong / Hebert Hendin Euthanasia for existential reasons / G.K. Kimsma How much suffering is enough? / Timothy Quill Managing cross-cultural conflicts in the doctor-patient relationship / Robert A. Pearlman Should this 96-year-old woman be allowed to die? / Xiuyun Yin, Benfu Li, Yali Cong I can't watch this baby die inside me / Frank A. Chervenak, Laurence B. McCullough Family demand for futile treatment / Lawrence J. Schneiderman Does anyone actually invoke their hospital futility policy? / Jeffrey Burns Posthumous sperm retrieval / Alexander Morgan Capron Must multiorgan donors be brain dead? / Robert D. Orr Should a PVS patient be a live organ donor? / Lainie Friedman Ross

pt. 5. Ethics and the law Introduction : ethics and the law / David Steinberg Keeping genetic secrets / Leonard H. Glantz Rights and responsibilities of gamete donors / Jane Greenlaw Pregnant women and their fetuses : legal and ethical issues / Jane Greenlaw The human chimera patent initiative / Stuart A. Newman The Wendland case : on families and fantasies / Lawrence J. Nelson The Texas "futility" procedure : no such thing as a fairy-tale ending / Anne L. Flamm Legal pitfalls of cybermedicine / Nicolas Terry Contracting for healthcare quality / Francis H. Miller Who should capture the value of donated tissue? / Robert A. Katz The controversy over recovered memories / Thomas Gutheil Behavioral genetics : can we prevent crimes before they are committed? / Maxwell J. Mehlman Traumatic brain injury and criminal responsibility / William J. Winslade Maternal infanticide and the insanity defense / Margaret Spinelli Informed consent for stem cell research using frozen embryos / Dena S. Davis Financial interests and research protections : can they coexist? / Rebecca Dresser Governmental bioethics commissions : the nature of the beast / Alexander Morgan Capron

pt. 6. Ethics and the humanities

Wrongful death : a memoir / Sandra M. Gilbert, David Steinberg

The doctor stories / Richard Selzer, Catherine Belling

"End of the line : depression and burnout in Ward No. 6" / Jack Coulehan

"Million dollar boo-boo" / David Goldblatt

The spirit catches you and you fall down / Anne Fadiman, David Steinberg

How we die / Sherwin B. Nuland, Andrew G. Villaneuva

The sweet hereafter / Russell Banks, Delese Wear

The diagnosis / Alan Lightman, James L. Bernat

An unquiet mind / Kay Redfield Jamison, David Steinberg

Darkness visible : a memoir of madness / William Styron, David Wykes

Conquering schizophrenia : a father, his son and a medical breakthrough / Peter Wyden, David Steinberg

Wit : a play / Margaret Edson, Lois LaCivita Nixon

Travels with the wolf : a story of chronic illness / Melissa Anne Goldstein, Jack Coulehan

Death of the good doctor : lessons from the heart of the AIDS epidemic / Kate Scannell, Felice Aull

His brother's keeper : a story from the edge of medicine / Jonathan Weiner, Richard M. Ratzan

The tyranny of the normal : an anthology / edited by Carol Donley, Sheryl Buckley, David Steinberg

Dirty pretty things : a narrative frame for black market organ sale / Steven Knight, directed by Stephen Fears, Lois LaCivita Nixon.