Bioethics: Basic Writings on the Key Ethical Questions That Surround the Major, Modern Biological Possibilities Book

	Preface to the Fourth Edition	1
	Introduction - Thematic Ethical Issues	3
Pt. 1	Abortion and Reproduction
1	An Ethical Challenge to Prochoice Advocates	21
2	Reflections on the Moral Status of the Pre-Embryo	36
3	The Choice in "Choose Life"	61
4	HIV and Pregnancy	69
5	The Argument for Unlimited Procreative Liberty: A Feminist Critique	81
6	Therapy or Tampering: The Ethics of Reproductive Technology and the Development of Doctrine	97
7	Ethical Issues in Manipulating the Human Germ Line	123
8	Human Gene Therapy: Why Draw a Line?	140
Pt. 2	Death and Dying
9	The Burden and Blessing of Mortality	155
10	Death and Dignity: A Case of Individualized Decision Making	167
11	The PVS Patient and the Forgoing/Withdrawing of Medical Nutrition and Hydration	173
12	Unsuccessful Emergency Medical Resuscitation: Are Continued Efforts in the Emergency Department Justified?	199
13	Friend-of-the-Court Brief for Larry James McAfee	213
14	Living Wills: Past, Present, and Future	224
15	Initiative 119: What Is at Stake?	252
Pt. 3	Consent, Therapy, and Research
16	Deciding for Others: Issues of Consent	261
17	Informed Demand for "Non-Beneficial" Medical Treatment	280
18	Balancing Moral Principles in Federal Regulations on Human Research	286
19	Building a New Consensus: Ethical Principles and Policies for Clinical Research on HIV/AIDS	300
20	Is Consent Useful When Resuscitation Isn't?	342
21	Privacy and Disclosure in Medical Genetics Examined in an Ethics of Care	358
Pt. 4	Public Policy Issues
22	Toward a Feminist Theory of Disability	381
23	Quality-Adjusted Life-Years: Ethical Implications for Physicians and Policymakers	404
24	The Oregon Priority-Setting Exercise: Quality of Life and Public Policy	419
25	Ethics, Public Policy, and Human Fetal Tissue Transplantation Research	434
26	Routine Inquiry About Organ Donation: An Alternative to Presumed Consent	461
27	Organs for Sale? Propriety, Property, and the Price of Progress	468
28	Which Ills To Bear? Reevaluating the "Threat" of Modern Genetics	488
29	Public Health Policy and the AIDS Epidemic: An End to HIV Exceptionalism?	517
30	An Ethical Framework for Rationing Health Care	527