Ethics and Law in Modern Medicine: Hypothetical Case Studies

1. Health Care Professionals and HIV: The Duty to Warn. 2. Emergency Care and HIV: Treatment Policy and Practice. 3. A Revolutionary Policy? Mandatory Disclosure of HIV Serostatus. 4. Minors and Health Care: The Limits of Consent and Confidentiality. 5. The Rights to Refuse and Demand Medical Treatment: The Bounds of Autonomy and Futility. 6. Religious Freedom and the Right to Refuse Care: What are the Limits? 7. Assisted Reproductive Technology: The Business of Making Babies. 8. Twins and Transplants: Choosing Who Lives. 9. Free Abortion Services and Fetal Tissue Research: Freedom of Choice and Coercion. 10. Property Rights, Body Parts, and Reproduction: Who Owns the Human Body? 11. Outbreak in America: The Policy of Public Verses Private Interests. Appendices. Glossary the Principles of Bioethics Decision Making: The Philosophical Foundation of Bioethics. Index.