Table Of Contents

Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgments

1 Introduction: The Liberal Framework

I Patient Autonomy

2 Patient Autonomy and Informed Consent
3 Patient Responsibility for Decision Making
4 Advance Directives: Extending Autonomy for Patients

II Professional Rights of Conscience

5 Beneficence, Abandonment, and the Duty to Treat
6 Rights of Conscience in the Physician-Patient Relationship
7 Conclusion: Health Care Ethics Committees and Consultants in a Liberal Framework

References
Index