Bioethics Beyond the Headlines

Albert R. Jonsen is professor emeritus of ethics in medicine at the School of Medicine, University of Washington.

• Part 1 Who Lives? Who Dies? Who Decides? An Essay on Ethics and BioethicsPart 2 Clinical BioethicsChapter 3 Defining DeathChapter 4 Foregoing Life Support: The Quality of LifeChapter 5 Autonomy of the PatientChapter 6 EuthanasiaChapter 7 Organ TransplantationChapter 8 Assisted ReproductionChapter 9 AbortionPart 10 Scientific BioethicsChapter 11 Research with HumansChapter 12 GeneticsChapter 13 NeuroscienceChapter 14 Cloning and Stem Cells ResearchPart 15 The Wider World of BioethicsChapter 16 Bioethics and the Health Care SystemChapter 17 Cultural BioethicsChapter 18 Animal EthicsChapter 19 Environmental EthicsChapter 20 ConclusionChapter 21 Appendix A: Precis of Moral PhilosophyChapter 22 Appendix B: Precis of History of Medical EthicsChapter 23 Appendix C: The Frankenstein AnalogyChapter 24 GlossaryChapter 25 Index

... engaging and readable ... True to his vision, Jonsen shows how we can use the techniques of reason and the insights and sympathies of practicing bioethicists to understand the persistent questions not just of bioethics but of our human predicament: Who lives? Who dies? Who decides?