Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-166) and index.

Should Physicians Ever Hasten Patients' Deaths? -- Prolonging Life and Death: An Overview / Robert B. Mellert -- Yes: Physicians Should Sometimes Hasten Patients' Deaths -- Physicians Should Not Provide Futile Treatment / Nancy S. Jecker, Lawrence J. Schneiderman -- Physician-Assisted Suicide Is Consistent with Medical Ethics / Timothy E. Quill, Lonny J. Shavelson, Fred S. Marcus -- Physicians Should Be Permitted to Assist in Suicide / Marcia Angell -- No: Physicians Should Never Hasten Patients' Deaths -- Physicians Should Not Withhold Lifesaving Treatments / Wesley J. Smith -- Physician-Assisted Suicide Violates Medical Ethics / Daniel Callahan -- Physicians Should Not Be Permitted to Assist in Suicide / Rita L. Marker -- What Ethics Should Guide Organ Transplants? -- The Ethics of Organ Transplants: An Overview / Karen K. Giuliano -- Animal-to-Human Transplants Could Save Lives / David White -- Animal-to-Human Transplants Are Dangerous and Unethical / Alan Berger, Gil Lamont -- Commerce in Organs Is Ethical / Leonard Lu -- Commerce in Organs Is Unethical / Stephen G. Post -- Commerce in Organs Could Save Lives / Pete du Pont -- Commerce in Organs Has Led to Human Rights Violations / David J. Rothman -- Are Reproductive Technologies Ethical? -- Reproductive Technologies: An Overview / Karen Wright -- Yes: Reproductive Technologies Are Ethical -- Reproductive Technologies Are a Valid Medical Treatment / Diane D. Aronson -- Reproductive Technologies Can Be Consistent with Christian Beliefs / Elvonne Whitney -- Multiple Births Are an Acceptable Consequence of Assisted Reproduction / Marianne Moody Jennings -- Cloning Can Be an Acceptable Means of Reproduction / James Q. Wilson -- No: Reproductive Technologies Are Unethical -- Reproductive Technologies Are Morally Problematic / Jacqueline Laing -- Some Reproductive Technologies Violate Christian Beliefs / Daniel McConchie -- Multiple Births Are a Harmful Consequence of Assisted Reproduction / Ezekiel J. Emanuel -- Cloning Is Not an Acceptable Means of Reproduction / Commonweal -- What Ethics Should Guide Biomedical Research? -- Stem Cell Research and Human Cloning: An Overview / Gregg Easterbrook -- Research on Human Embryos Is Unethical / John J. Miller -- Research on Human Embryos Can Be Ethical / Arthur Caplan -- Research into Human Cloning Should Be Banned / William Keeler -- Research into Human Cloning Should Not Be Banned / Ronald Bailey.