Taking sides. Clashing views on controversial bioethical issues / edited, selected, and with introductions by Carol Levine.

Is informed consent still central to medical ethics?
Can family interests ethically outweigh patient autonomy?
Does direct-to-consumer advertising of medication enhance patient autonomy?
Are some advance directives too risky for patients?
Should physicians be allowed to assist in patient suicide?
Should truth-telling depend on the patient's culture?
Should doctors be able to refuse demands for "futile" treatment?
Is abortion immoral?
Should pregnant women be punished for exposing fetuses to risk?
Should adolescents make their own life-and-death decisions?
Do parents harm their children when they refuse medical treatment on religious grounds?
Should the federal government fund Human Stem Cell research?
Will genetic testing lead to denial of insurance and employment?
Should animal experimentation be permitted?
Is sham surgery ethically acceptable in clinical research?
Should health insurance be based on employment?
Does military necessity override medical ethics?
Should performance-enhancing drugs be banned from sports?
Should there be a market in body parts?
Should pharmacists be allowed to deny prescriptions on grounds of conscience?
Should public health be given sweeping powers over individual liberty in a bioterrorist threat?