Contents:List of ContributorsPreface I. Foundation and Theoretical Questions 1. Meeting the Need: Ethics Consultation in Health Care Today Mark P. Aulisio 2. Can Ethics Consultation Be Saved? Ethics Consultation and Moral Consensus in a Democratic Society Jonathan Moreno 3. Character and Ethics Consultation: Even Ethicists Don't Agree Franciose Baylis, Howard Brody, Mark P. Aulisio, Dan W. Brock, and William Winslade II.

Practical Questions 4. Innovative Educational Programs: A Necessary First Step Toward Improving Quality in Ethics Consultation Jacqueline J. Glover and William Nelson 5. Techniques for Training Ethics Consultants: Why Traditional Classroom Methods Aren't Enough Robert M. Arnold and Melanie H. Wilson Silver 6. Models for Ethics Consultation: Individual, Team, or Committee? Cynda Rushton, Stuart J. Youngner, and Joy Skeel 7.

The Structure and Process fo Ethics Consultation Services John C. Fletcher and Kathryn L. Moseley 8. Institutional Support for Bioethics Committees Steven Miles and Ruth B. Purtilo III. Questions on the Horizon 9. Organizational Ethics: Promises and Pitfalls Paul M. Schyve, Linda L.

Emanuel, William Winslade, and Stuart J. Youngner 10. The Licensing and Certification of Ethics Consultants: What Part of ""No"" Was So Hard to Understand? Charles Bosk Appendix. Core Competencies for Health Care Ethics Consultation: The Report of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Index.