Part One: Foundations in TheoryChapter 1: Theory of Health Care EthicsChapter 2: Principles of Health Care EthicsPart Two: Critical Issues for Individuals Chapter 3: The Moral Status of Gametes and Embryos: Storage and SurrogacyChapter 4: The Ethical Challenge of the New Reproductive TechnologyChapter 5: Abortion: The Unexplored Middle Ground Chapter 6: Proposals for Human Cloning: A Review and Ethical Evaluation Chapter 7: Competency: What It Is, What It Isn't, and Why It MattersChapter 8: The Patient Self-Determination Act Chapter 9: Older People and Long-Term Care: Issues of AccessChapter 10: Respecting Autonomy of Elders in Nursing HomesChapter 11: Death, Medicine, and Moral Significance of Family Decision MakingChapter 12: Ethical Issues in the Use of Fluids and Nutrition: When Can They Be WithdrawnChapter 13: Ethical Issues Concerning Physician-Assisted Death Part Three: Critical Issues for Health Care OrganizationsChapter 14: Health Care Institutional Ethics: Broader than Clinical EthicsChapter 15: Hospital Ethics Committees: Rules, Membership Structure and DifficultiesChapter 16: Ethically Important Distinctions among Managed Care OrganizationsChapter 17: Bioethical Dilemmas in Emergency Medicine and Pre-Hospital CareChapter 18: High Technology Home Care: Critical Issues and Ethical ChoicesChapter 19: Spirituality in Health Care Organizations Part Four: Critical Issues in Societal HealthChapter 20: Equality and Inequality in American Health Care Chapter 21: Is Rationing of Health Care Ethically Defensible? Chapter 22: Domestic Violence: Changing Theory, Changing PracticeChapter 23: Ethics Issues in Disaster Relief Chapter 24: Looking toward the Future GlossaryIndex.