Human Being: The Boundaries of the Concept

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Part I. Conceptual Issues
4. On the Distinction between Disease and Illness 3
5. Human Being: The Boundaries of the Concept 23
6. Brain Death and Personal Identity 49
7. PART II. Health and Social Policy
8. Health-Care Needs and Distributive Justice 81
9. Medical Progress and National Health Care 115
10. Gifts and Exchanges 139
11. Altruism and Commerce: A Defense of Titmuss against Arrow 159
12. The Recombinant DNA Debate 168
13. An Alternative Policy for Obtaining Cadaver Organs for Transplantation 187
14. PART III. Medical Paternalism
15. Paternalistic Behavior 201
16. Medical Paternalism 214
17. The Contractual Argument for Withholding Medical Information 235
18. PART IV. Euthanasia
19. Voluntary Euthanasia and the Inalienable Right to Life 245
20. Euthanasia 276