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Introduction, Andreas-Holger Maehle and Johanna Geyer-Kordesch; "honourand interests" - medical ethics and the British Medical Association, AndrewA.G. Morrice; the emergence of medical professional ethics in Germany,Andreas-Holger Maehle; health costs and the ethics of the German sicknessinsurance system, Lutz D.H. Sauerteig; problems of consent to surgicalprocedures and autopsies in 20th-century Germany, Cay-Rudiger Prull andMarianne Sinn; human research - from ethos to law, from national tointernational regulations, Ulrich Trohler; ethical aspects of life-saving andlife-sustaining technologies, Bryan Jennett; autonomous agency and consent inthe treatment of the terminally ill, Susan L. Lowe; the "Frankenstein" natureof biotechnology, David E. Cooper.