Contents

• Introduction : medicine and moral arguments
• Issue 1. Is informed consent still central to medical ethics?
• Issue 2. Can family interests ethically outweigh patient autonomy?
• Issue 3. Does direct-to-consumer advertising of medication enhance patient autonomy?
• Issue 4. Are some advance directives too risky for patients?
• Issue 5. Should physicians be allowed to assist in patient suicide?
• Issue 6. Should truth-telling depend on the patient’s culture?
• Issue 7. Should doctors be able to refuse demands for "futile" treatment?
• Issue 8. Should abortions late in pregnancy be banned?
• Issue 9. Should pregnant women be punished for exposing fetuses to risk? - - Issue 10. Should adolescents make their own life-and- death decisions?
• Issue 11. Do parents harm their children when they refuse medical treatment on religious grounds?
• Issue 12. Should human stem cell research be banned?
• Issue 13. Should information from genetic testing be available to employers and insurers?
• Issue 14. Should animal experimentation be permitted?
• Issue 15. Is sham surgery ethically acceptable in clinical research?
• Issue 16. Should health insurance be based on employment?
• Issue 17. Should health care for the elderly be limited?
• Issue 18. Should patient-centered medical ethics govern managed care?
• Issue 19. Should there be payment for body parts?
• Issue 20. Should doctors-in-training be unionized?
• Issue 21. Should public health be given sweeping powers over individual liberty in a bioterrorist threat?