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| Contributors | |
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| About the Author | |
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| Preface | |
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| Foundations in Theory | |
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| Theory of Health Care Ethics | |
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| Principles of Health Care Ethics | |
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| Critical Issues for Individuals | |
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| The Moral Status of Gametes and Embryos: Storage and Surrogacy | |
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| The Ethical Challenge of the New Reproductive Technology | |
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| Abortion: The Unexplored Middle Ground | |
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| Proposals for Human Cloning: A Review and Ethical Evaluation | |
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| Competency: What It Is, What It Isn't, and Why It Matters | |
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| The Patient Self-Determination Act | |
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| Older People and Long-Term Care: Issues of Access | |
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| Respecting Autonomy of Elders in Nursing Homes | |
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| Death, Medicine, and Moral Significance of Family Decision Making | |
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| Ethical Issues in the Use of Fluids and Nutrition: When Can They Be Withdrawn? | |
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| Ethical Issues Concerning Physician-Assisted Death | |
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| Critical Issues For Health Care Organizations | |
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| Health Care Institutional Ethics: Broader than Clinical Ethics | |
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| Hospital Ethics Committees: Rules, Membership Structure, and Difficulties | |
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| Ethically-Important Distinctions Among Managed Care Organizations | |
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| Bioethical Dilemmas in Emergency Medicine and Prehospital Care | |
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| High-Technology Home Care: Critical Issues and Ethical Choices | |
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| Spirituality in Health Care Organizations | |
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| Critical Issues in Societal Health | |
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| Equality and Inequality in American Health Care | |
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| Is Rationing of Health Care Ethically Defensible? | |
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| Domestic Violence: Changing Theory, Changing Practice | |
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| Ethics Issues in Disaster Relief | |
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| Looking Toward the Future | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |