Contents

• Is informed consent still central to medical ethics?
• Can family interests ethically outweigh patient autonomy?
• Are some advance directives too risky for patients?
• Should physicians be allowed to assist in patient suicide?
• Is it ethical to withhold the truth from dying patients?
• Should doctors be able to refuse demands for "futile" treatment?
• Should abortions late in pregnancy be banned?
• Should pregnant women be punished for exposing fetuses to risk?
• Should adolescents make their own life-and-death decisions?
• Do parents harm their children when they refuse medical treatment on religious grounds?
• Should genes for human diseases be patented?
• Should human cloning be banned?
• Should information from genetic testing be available to employers and insurers?
• Should parents always be told of genetic-testing availability?
• Should animal experimentation be permitted?
• Is sham surgery ethically acceptable in clinical research?
• Should health insurance be based on employment?
• Should health care for the elderly be limited?
• Should patient- centered medical ethics govern managed care?
• Should there be a market in body parts?
• Should doctors-in- training be unionized?