Includes index.

-- Ethical aspects of the right to health care / Robert M. Veatch -- Ethics and health planning / Michael J. O'Sullivan, Marc D. Hiller -- Toward social justice / Joseph C. Morreale -- Social costs of regulation in the health industry / Ralph L. Andreano, Harold R. Wilde -- National policy in the promotion of health / Lawrence W. Green -- Computers, health records, and the right to privacy / Marc D. Hiller, Vivian Beyda -- Truth-telling in medical care / Ronald M. Green -- Informed consent / Alan Meisel -- Patient rights and college health / Marc D. Hiller -- Ethics and administrative practices in long term care / Annabelle L. Kleppick -- A commitment law for patients, doctors, and lawyers / Loren H. Roth -- Ethical issues in mental health care / Laurence R. Tancredi, Andrew E. Slaby -- Policy implications of U.S. population stabilization / Michael E. Kraft -- Reproductive freedom and the development of population policy / Deborah Oakley -- Genetic screening and the public well-being / Mark W. Steele -- Sterilization, issues in conflict / Betty Gonzales, Robert M. Sansoucie -- Abortion, divisive U.S. public policy / Richard J. Kaufman -- Ethical dilemmas in covert and deceptive psychological research / Joseph R. Sanders -- The rights of children involved in research / Rosa Lynn Pinkus, Stephen J. Haines -- Arguing the morality of genetic engineering