Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Virtue among the ruins?
  • Ch. 2. Evidence-based ethics and the BEST project
  • Ch. 3. Organizational ethics
  • Ch. 4. Consumer empowerment
  • Ch. 5. Medical necessity, coverage decisions, and medical policy
  • Ch. 6. The care of vulnerable populations
  • Ch. 7. Community benefits
  • Ch. 8. The confidentiality of personal health information
  • Ch. 9. The perennial ethical challenges of health care in competitive systems.