Table of contents

Research Article

• Persistent vegetative state, withdrawal of artificial nutrition and hydration, and the patient's "best interests". (1 April, 1998)

  R Gillon
• Need--is a consensus possible? (1 April, 1998)

  A Culyer
• Ethics committees, principles and consequences. (1 April, 1998)

  M Häyry
• Applying best interests to persistent vegetative state--a principled distortion? (1 April, 1998)

  A J Fenwick
• Supply of medicines: paternalism, autonomy and reality. (1 April, 1998)

  D Prayle, M Brazier
• Francis Galton: and eugenics today. (1 April, 1998)

  D J Galton, C J Galton
• The right to information for the terminally ill patient. (1 April, 1998)

  E Osuna, M D Pérez-Cárceles, M A Esteban, A Luna
• Changes in medical student attitudes as they progress through a medical course. (1 April, 1998)

  J Price, D Price, G Williams, R Hoffenberg
• The brain-mind quiddity: ethical issues in the use of human brain tissue for therapeutic and scientific purposes. (1 April, 1998)

  L Burd, J M Gregory, J Kerbeshian
• Autonomy in the face of a devastating diagnosis. (1 April, 1998)

  M Spriggs
• An anthropological exploration of contemporary bioethics: the varieties of common sense. (1 April, 1998)

  L Turner