Table of contents

Research Article

• Clinical ethics committees--pros and cons. (1 August, 1997)

  R Gillon
• Xenotransplantation. (1 August, 1997)

  R Downie
• An analysis of CPR decision-making by elderly patients. (1 August, 1997)

  G M Sayers, I Schofield, M Aziz
• Patients' rights in England and the United States of America: The Patient's Charter and the New Jersey Patient Bill of Rights: a comparison. (1 August, 1997)

  M H Silver
• Existential autonomy: why patients should make their own choices. (1 August, 1997)

  H Madder
• Partial and impartial ethical reasoning in health care professionals. (1 August, 1997)

  H Kuhse, P Singer, M Rickard, L Cannold, J van Dyk
• Ethics and law in the field of medical care for the elderly in France. (1 August, 1997)

  S Gromb, G Manciet, A Descamps
• The new Italian code of medical ethics. (1 August, 1997)

  V Fineschi, E Turillazzi, C Cateni
• Paediatrics at the cutting edge: do we need clinical ethics committees? (1 August, 1997)

  V F Larcher, B Lask, J M McCarthy
• The relationship between clinical audit and ethics. (1 August, 1997)

  S Kinn