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Part I. Introduction David C. Thomasma and Thomasine Kushner: Part II.Genetics: 1. Genetics: a scientific sketch Karen Dawson; 2. The geneticrevolution Daniel Callahan; 3. Genetic knowledge: some legal andethical questions Robert Schwartz; Part III. Reproductive Technologies:4. The 'Art' of medically-assisted reproduction: an embryo is an embryois an embryo Michael E. McClure; 5. 'O brave new world': rationality inreproduction Albert R. Jonsen; 6. Reproduction, abortion and rightsRosamond Rhodes; Part IV. Children and Women in Health Care: 7. Thecritically ill neonate James M Adams; 8. Medical technology and thechild Amnon Goldworth; 9. On caring for children Mary Mahowald; Part V.Transpantation: 10. Clinical transplantation Robert Sells; 11.Transplantation and ethics Raanan Gillon; 12. Legalizing payment fortransplantable cadaveric organs James F. Blumstein; 13. Part VI. Aging:14. Scientific advances in aging John Morley; 15. Ethics and agingGeorge Agich; 16. People with dementia: a moral challenge Stephen Post;Part VII. Prolonging Life/Death: 17. Personal dying and medical deathSteven Miles; 18. Stopping futile medical treatment: ethical issuesNancy Jecker and Lawrence J. Schneiderman; 19. The sorcerer's broom:medicine's rampant technology Eric J. Cassell; Part VIII. Care of theDying: 20. Modern technology and care of the dying Ronald E Cranford;21. Care of the dying from an ethics perspective T. Patrick Hill; PartIX. Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide: 22. Euthanasia andassisted suicide Pieter Admiraal; 23. Physician- sssisted suicide:progress or peril? Christine Cassel; 24. 'I will give no deadly drug':why doctors must not kill Leon Kass; 25. Voluntary euthanasia and othermedical end-of-life decisions: doctors should be permitted to givedeath a helping hand Helga Kuhse; Part X. Humans as Research Subjects:26. Humans as research subjects Herman Wigodsky and Sue Keir Hoppe; 27.Research involving children as subjects Robert J. Levine; 28. Futurechallenges of medical research review boards Charles R. McKay; Part XI.Using Animals in Research: 29. Animals in research Franklin Loew; 30.Taking duties seriously: medical experimentation, animal rights andmoral incoherence Daniel A. Moros; 31. Animal rights and socialpractices Ted Benton; Part XII. The Environment: 32. The science of theenvironment Andrew Pullin; 33. Environmental ethics Andrew Dobson; 34.Human activity and environment ethics Andrew Jameton; Part XIII.Postscript David C. Thomasma and Thomasine Kushner.