Patient's Ordeal

WILLIAM F. MAY is Cary M. Maguire Professor of Ethics at Southern Methodist University and author of The Physician's Covenant: Images of the Healer in Medical Ethics.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionOne The BurnedTwo The RetardedThree The Retarded InstitutionalizedFour The Gestated and SoldFive The BatteredSix The MolestedSeven The Aged: Their Virtues and VicesEight Afflicting the Afflicted: Total InstitutionsNine The Afflicted Assisting the Afficted: Alcoholics AnonymousTen The Afflicted Assiting the Afficted: Organ Donations for TransplantsPostscriptNotes

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