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Editorial:

J Savulescu

Beyond Bristol: taking responsibility
J Med Ethics 2002; 28: 281-282. doi:10.1136/jme.28.5.281 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Current controversies:

M Spriggs

Lesbian couple create a child who is deaf like them
J Med Ethics 2002; 28: 283. doi:10.1136/jme.28.5.283 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N Levy

Deafness, culture, and choice
J Med Ethics 2002; 28: 284-285. doi:10.1136/jme.28.5.284 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K W Anstey

Are attempts to have impaired children justifiable?
J Med Ethics 2002; 28: 286-288. doi:10.1136/jme.28.5.286 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Spriggs and J Savulescu

"Saviour siblings"
J Med Ethics 2002; 28: 289. doi:10.1136/jme.28.5.289 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Spriggs

Genetically selected baby free of inherited predisposition to early-onset Alzheimer’s disease
J Med Ethics 2002; 28: 290. doi:10.1136/jme.28.5.290 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles:

T R Dresselhaus, J Luck, and J W Peabody

The ethical problem of false positives: a prospective evaluation of physician reporting in the medical record
J Med Ethics 2002; 28: 291-294. doi:10.1136/jme.28.5.291 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G Pennings

The validity of contracts to dispose of frozen embryos
J Med Ethics 2002; 28: 295-298. doi:10.1136/jme.28.5.295 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R D Orr and M Siegler

Is posthumous semen retrieval ethically permissible?
J Med Ethics 2002; 28: 299-302. doi:10.1136/jme.28.5.299 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Global ethics:

E P Cherniack

Increasing use of DNR orders in the elderly worldwide: whose choice is it?
J Med Ethics 2002; 28: 303-307. doi:10.1136/jme.28.5.303 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E Krízová and J Simek

Rationing of expensive medical care in a transition country—nihil novum?
J Med Ethics 2002; 28: 308-312. doi:10.1136/jme.28.5.308 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research ethics:

J Cassell and A Young

Why we should not seek individual informed consent for participation in health services research
J Med Ethics 2002; 28: 313-317. doi:10.1136/jme.28.5.313 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E Cave and S Holm

New governance arrangements for research ethics committees: is facilitating research achieved at the cost of participants’ interest
J Med Ethics 2002; 28: 318-321. doi:10.1136/jme.28.5.318 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R L Albin

Sham surgery controls: intracerebral grafting of fetal tissue for Parkinson’s disease and proposed criteria for use of sham surgery controls
J Med Ethics 2002; 28: 322-325. doi:10.1136/jme.28.5.322 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief report:

M D Pérez-Cárceles, E Osuna, and A Luna

Informed consent of the minor. Implications of present day Spanish law
J Med Ethics 2002; 28: 326. doi:10.1136/jme.28.5.326 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ethics briefings:

Veronica English, Gillian Romano-Critchley, Julian Sheather, and Ann Sommerville

Ethics briefings
J Med Ethics 2002; 28: 327-328. doi:10.1136/jme.28.5.327 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

J Grimley Evans

Medical commitments ceremonies
J Med Ethics 2002; 28: 329. doi:10.1136/jme.28.5.329 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book reviews:

A Clarke

The Ethics of Genetics in Human Procreation: Edited by H Haker, D Beyleveld. Ashgate Publishing Co, 2000, £45.00 (hb), pp 335. ISBN 0 7546 1021 7
J Med Ethics 2002; 28: 329-330. doi:10.1136/jme.28.5.329-a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Hasman

The Concise Encyclopedia of the Ethical Assessment of New Technologies: Edited by R Chadwick. Academic Press, 2001, pp 404, £53.95. ISBN 0-12-166355-8
J Med Ethics 2002; 28: 330. doi:10.1136/jme.28.5.330 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Morgan

Legal and Ethical Aspects of Organ Transplantation: D Price, Cambridge University Press, 2000, £45, pp 487. ISBN 0-521-65164-6
J Med Ethics 2002; 28: 330. doi:10.1136/jme.28.5.330-a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Hughes

Transplantation Ethics: R M Veatch. Georgetown University Press, 2000, £46.75, pp 427. ISBN 0-87840-811-8
J Med Ethics 2002; 28: 330-331. doi:10.1136/jme.28.5.330-b [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Laing

Life and Death in Healthcare Ethics: A Short Introduction: H Watt. Routledge, 2000, £7.99, vii + 97pp. ISBN 0-415-21574-9
J Med Ethics 2002; 28: 331-332. doi:10.1136/jme.28.5.331 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Dickenson

The Medical Profession and Human Rights: Handbook for a Changing Agenda: British Medical Association. Zed Books, 2001, £50.00 (hb), £18.95 (pb), pp 561. ISBN 1 85649 611 2
J Med Ethics 2002; 28: 332. doi:10.1136/jme.28.5.332 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Holm

Principles of Biomedical Ethics, 5th edn.: Beauchamp T L, Childress J F. Oxford University Press, 2001, £19.95, pp 454. ISBN 0-19-514332-9
J Med Ethics 2002; 28: 332. doi:10.1136/jme.28.5.332-a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R N J Graham

Ward ethics. Dilemmas for Medical Students and Doctors in Training: Edited by T K Kushner, D C Thomasma. Cambridge University Press, 2001, £18.95, pp 265. ISBN 0-521-66452-7
J Med Ethics 2002; 28: 332-333. doi:10.1136/jme.28.5.332-b [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P de Zulueta

Bioethics in social context: Edited by B Hoffmaster. Temple University Press, 2001, US$69.50 (hc), $22.95 (pb), pp 230. ISBN 1-56639-845-2
J Med Ethics 2002; 28: 333-334. doi:10.1136/jme.28.5.333 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R E Ashcroft

Ethics Committees in Central and Eastern Europe: Edited by J Glasa for the Council of Europe. IMEB Foundation and Charis a.s.: order from the Institute of Medical Ethics and Bioethics Foundation, Limbova 12, 83303 Bratislava, Slovak Republic, j.glasa{at}upkm.sk, 2001, US$7.00 (within Europe), US$9 (elsewhere) (includes postage), pp 266. ISBN 80-88743-40-0
J Med Ethics 2002; 28: 334. doi:10.1136/jme.28.5.334 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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