Is informed consent still central to medical ethics?
Can family interests ethically outweigh patient autonomy?
Does direct-to-consumer advertising of medication enhance patient autonomy?
Are some advance directives too risky for patients?
Should physicians be allowed to assist in patient suicide?
Should truth-telling depend on the patient's culture?
Should doctors be able to refuse demands for "futile" treatment?
Should abortions late in pregnancy be banned?
Should pregnant women be punished for exposing fetuses to risk?
Should adolescents make their own life-and-death decisions?
Do parents harm their children when they refuse medical treatment on religious grounds?
Should human stem cell research be banned?
Should information from genetic testing be available to employers and insurers?
Should animal experimentation be permitted?
Is sham surgery ethically acceptable in clinical research?
Should health insurance be based on employment?
Should health care for the elderly be limited?
Should patient-centered medical ethics govern managed care?
Should there be payment for body parts?
Should doctors-in-training be unionized?
Should public health be given sweeping powers over individual liberty in a bioterrorist threat?
