Table of contents for Handbook of bioethics : taking stock of the field from a philosophical perspective / edited by George Khushf.

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GEORGE KHUSHF/ Introduction: Taking Stock of Bioethics from a Philosophical Perspective
SECTION I/ 
THE EMERGENCE OF BIOETHICS ALBERT R. JONSEN/ The History of Bioethics as a Discipline
SECTION II/ 
BIOETHICAL THEORY TOM L. BEAUCHAMP and DAVID DeGRAZIA/ Principles and Principlism
JOSEPH BOYLE/ Casuistry
DAVID THOMASMA/ Virtue Theory in Philosophy of Medicine 
K. DANNER CLOUSERtand BERNARD GERT/ Common Morality 
ROSEMARIE TONG/ Feminist Approaches to Bioethics 
HILDE LINDEMANN NELSON/ Four Narrative Approaches to Bioethics
EDMUND D. PELLEGRINO/ Philosophy of Medicine and Medical Ethics: A Phenomenological Perspective
SECTION III/ 
CORE CONCEPTS IN CLINICAL ETHICS LENNART NORDENFELT/ The Logic of Health Concepts 
RICHARD ZANER/ Physicians and Patients in Relation: Clinical Interpretation and Dialogues of Trust 
STEPHEN WEAR/ Informed Consent
CYNTHIA B. COHEN/ Philosophical Challenges to the Use of Advance Directives
MARK G. KUCZEWSKI/ Ethics Committees and Case Consultation: Theory and Practice
SECTION IV/ 
THE PUBLIC POLICY CONTEXT
BARUCH BRODY/ The Ethics of Controlled Clinical Trials
DAN BROCK/ Ethical Issues in the Use of Cost Effectiveness Analysis
           for the Prioritization of Health Resources
CHRISTOPHER TOLLEFSEN/ Sic Et Non: Some Disputed Questions In Reproductive Ethics
KURT BAYERTZ and KURT W. SCHMIDT/ Testing Genes and Constructing Humans: Ethics and Genetics
SECTION V/
FOUNDATIONS OF THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS B. ANDREW LUSTIG/ Death, Dying, Euthanasia,
           and Palliative Care: Perspectives from Philosophy of Medicine and Ethics
OSBORNE P. WIGGINS and MICHAEL ALAN SCHWARTZ/ Philosophical Issues in Psychiatry
SARA T. FRY/ Nursing Ethics
LAURENCE McCULLOUGH/ Geroethics
DOUGLAS L. WEED/ Ethics and Philosophy of Public Health
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
INDEX