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Contents 

& HEALTH POLICY 

Books in BIOETHICS 

Bioethics ............................................................2 

History and Perspectives ................................5 

Theory and Practice ........................................6 

Genetics .........................................................8 

Aging ..............................................................9 

Health Policy ....................................................10 

Health and Society ........................................10 

Theory and Practice ......................................12 

Also of Interest.................................................13 

Classic Titles in Bioethics and Health Policy ....13 

Index ................................................................14 

Examination Copy Policy .................................14 

Journals ...........................................................15 

2009–2010 

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BIOETHICS 

Coming Soon 

Practical Plans for Difficult Conversations 

in Medicine 

Strategies that Work in Breaking Bad News 

Robert Buckman, M.D., Ph.D. 

Feminist Bioethics 

At the Center, on the Margins 

edited by Jackie Leach Scully, Ph.D., 

Laurel E. Baldwin-Ragaven, M.D.C.M., and Petya Fitzpatrick, M.A. 

New 

The Price of Perfection 

Individualism and Society in the Era 

of Biomedical Enhancement 

Maxwell J. Mehlman 

Mehlman tells the story of how drugs and other biomedical interventions 

to enhance human performance came about and examines 

the issues they present. He explores the policy options for 

maximizing the societal benefits and minimizing the harms from 

these technologies and offers a set of realistic recommendations to 

guide public policy making. 

2009 320 pp. 

978-0-8018-9263-9 $25.00 hardcover 

Wrong Place, Wrong Time 

Trauma and Violence in the Lives of Young Black Men 

John A. Rich, M.D., M.P.H. 

Medical school taught Rich how to deal with physical trauma 

in a big city hospital but not with the disturbing fact that young 

black men were daily shot, stabbed, and beaten. This is Rich’s account 

of his personal search to find sense in the juxtaposition of 

his life and theirs. 

2009 232 pp. 

978-0-8018-9363-6 $24.95 hardcover 

Ethics and Newborn Genetic Screening 

New Technologies, New Challenges 

edited by Mary Ann Baily and Thomas H. Murray 

The contributors to this provocative collection study the complex 

ethical and policy challenges present in the changing newborn 

screening environment and offer guidance to professionals, policymakers, 

and the general public. 

2009 376 pp., 2 line drawings 

978-0-8018-9151-9 $50.00 hardcover 

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Treating Dementia 

Do We Have a Pill for It 

edited by Jesse F. Ballenger, Ph.D., Peter J. Whitehouse, M.D., Ph.D., 

Constantine G. Lyketsos, M.D., M.H.S., Peter V. Rabins, M.D., M.P.H., 

and Jason H. T. Karlawish, M.D. 

Featuring contributions from noted clinicians, researchers, and scholars 

from a broad range of disciplines, this multidisciplinary dialogue addresses 

central questions about the history and future of drug treatment 

for dementia and makes clear why there are no simple answers. Professionals 

and students involved in gerontology, psychiatry, and bioethics 

will find the discussion both enlightening and practical. 

Bioethics 

2009 288 pp., 1 b&w illustrations 

978-0-8018-9365-0 $60.00 hardcover 

Legal Conceptions 

The Evolving Law and Policy of Assisted Reproductive 

Technologies 

Susan L. Crockin, J.D., and Howard W. Jones, Jr., M.D. 

“The book is encyclopedic in its review of events that have shaped ART 

over the past three decades. No other publication has undertaken to 

compile such a review of relevant events, cases, law, and policies.” 

—Judith F. Daar, author of Reproductive Technologies and the Law 

2009 416 pp., 1 line drawing 

978-0-8018-9388-9 $55.00 hardcover 

Medicine and Health Care in Early Christianity 

Gary B. Ferngren 

Ferngren provides a comprehensive historical account of medicine 

and medical philanthropy in early Christianity that goes beyond earlier 

specialized studies. He draws both on New Testament studies and 

on recent scholarship on the expansion of the Christian church to explain 

the role that medicine played in the earliest centuries of Christian 

healing. 

2009 264 pp. 

978-0-8018-9142-7 $35.00 hardcover 

Curriculum Development for Medical Education 

A Six-Step Approach 

second edition 

edited by David E. Kern, M.D., M.P.H., Patricia A. Thomas, M.D., 

and Mark T. Hughes, M.D., M.A. 

“This excellent educational guide is a concrete step-by-step approach 

to creating a rotation or curriculum in medical education.” 

—Family Medicine 


978-0-8018-9367-4 $40.00 paperback 

Defining the Beginning and End of Life 

Readings on Personal Identity and Bioethics 

edited by John P. Lizza 

This collection of essays examines alternative theories about persons 

and personal identity at the beginning and end of life. The contributions 

seek to answer the important question, When does a person begin 

and cease to exist 


978-0-8018-9337-7 $30.00 paperback 



Preventive Strikes 

Women, Precancer, and Prophylactic Surgery 

Ilana Löwy 

Some women will never develop breast or ovarian cancer, but they 

nevertheless must decide, as a result of genetic testing, whether to 

have their breasts and ovaries removed to avoid the possibility of disease. 

The striking contrast between the sophistication of diagnosis 

and the crudeness of preventive surgery forms the basis of Löwy’s 

important study. 


978-0-8018-9364-3 $50.00 hardcover 

Personal Identity and Fractured Selves 

Perspectives from Philosophy, Ethics, and Neuroscience 

edited by Debra J. H. Mathews, Ph.D., M.A., Hilary Bok, Ph.D., 

and Peter V. Rabins, M.D., M.P.H. 

This book brings together some of the best minds in neurology and 

philosophy to discuss the concept of personal identity and the moral 

dimensions of treating brain disease and injury. The contributors engage 

a crucial question: When an individual’s personality changes radically 

because of disease or injury, should this changed individual be 

treated as the same person 

2009 216 pp. 

978-0-8018-9338-4 $55.00 hardcover 

Performance-Enhancing Technologies in Sports 

Ethical, Conceptual, and Scientific Issues 

edited by Thomas H. Murray, Karen J. Maschke, 

and Angela A. Wasunna 

Experts in bioethics, sports science, law, philosophy, and sport examine 

the history of doping, the ethical implications of performance enhancement, 

and related public policy concerns. 

2009 304 pp., 1 halftone, 2 line drawings 

978-0-8018-9361-2 $50.00 hardcover 

Bodies in Doubt 

An American History of Intersex 

Elizabeth Reis 

Researching the medical and popular literature referring to cases on 

intersexuality or hermaphroditism, Reis explores American concepts 

of sexuality and gender identity from the colonial period to the late 

twentieth century. 

2009 240 pp., 15 halftones 

978-0-8018-9155-7 $55.00 hardcover 

Unspeakable 

Father-Daughter Incest in American History 

Lynn Sacco 

This history of father-daughter incest in the United States explains 

how cultural mores and political needs distorted attitudes toward and 

medical knowledge of patriarchal sexual abuse at a time when the 

nation was committed to the familial power of white fathers and the 

idealized white family. 

2009 368 pp. 

978-0-8018-9300-1 $50.00 hardcover 



History and Perspectives 

The Collectors of Lost Souls 

Turning Kuru Scientists into Whitemen 

Warwick Anderson 

“[A] magisterial account . . . Anderson’s compelling 

study captures the texture of 20th-century 

medical fieldwork and provides insight into the 

social dynamics and ethical realities of globalized 

science and medicine.” 

—Science 

2008 328 pp., 60 halftones, 2 line drawings 

978-0-8018-9040-6 $24.95 hardcover 

Three Generations, No Imbeciles 

Eugenics, the Supreme Court, 

and Buck v. Bell 

Paul A. Lombardo 

“Law professor and historian Lombardo does a superb 

job of revealing, for the first time, all the facts 

in the infamous Buck v. Bell case of the 1920s, the 

Supreme Court decision ratifying Virginia’s compulsory 

sterilization of ‘feebleminded’ people.” 

—Publishers Weekly (starred review) 


978-0-8018-9010-9 $29.95 hardcover 

The Fertility Doctor 

John Rock and the Reproductive Revolution 

Margaret Marsh and Wanda Ronner 

“The authors bring a man and a century to life as 

they recount two primary discoveries underlying 

women’s still controversial reproductive rights.” 

—Publishers Weekly 


978-0-8018-9001-7 $29.95 hardcover 

Psychedelic Psychiatry 

LSD from Clinic to Campus 

Erika Dyck 

Tells the tale of medical researchers working at 

the edge of psychopharmacology to understand 

LSD’s therapeutic usefulness just as escalating 

cultural anxieties about drug abuse in modern 

society laid the groundwork for the end of such 

experimentation. 


978-0-8018-8994-3 $35.00 hardcover 

Happy Pills in America 

From Miltown to Prozac 

David Herzberg 

“Do read this book. It will make you even more 

thoughtful about your next prescription for antidepressants.” 

—British Medical Journal 


978-0-8018-9030-7 $45.00 hardcover 

Making Cancer History 

Disease and Discovery at the University 

of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center 

James S. Olson 

“Olson illuminates the struggle to understand and 

treat cancer in the United States. As a cancer survivor 

treated at the center, Olson imbues M. D. 

Anderson’s history with humor, passion, and humanity.” 

—Oncology Nursing Forum 


978-0-8018-9056-7 $35.00 hardcover 

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Theory and Practice 

NEW in Paperback 

Bioethics in a Liberal Society 

The Political Framework of Bioethics Decision 

Making 

Thomas May 

“May’s book is a helpful overview and introduction 

to the political framework of bioethics decision-making 

within a liberal society.” 

2002 152 pp. 

978-0-8018-9282-0 $25.00 paperback 

—Metapsychology 

Ethical Issues in Rural Health Care 

edited by Craig M. Klugman 

and Pamela M. Dalinis 

“Reading the essays in this volume is like acquiring 

a new set of glasses. It made me better able 

to perceive differences in how ethics can be considered 

based on culture, population, geographic 

challenges, and personal connections.” 


978-0-8018-9045-1 $50.00 hardcover 

—JAMA 

Bioethics at the Movies 

edited by Sandra Shapshay 

“A worthwhile addition to the core texts in the 

field of medical humanities. It is a valuable guide 

for teaching medical ethics and is worthy of a sequel.” 

—JAMA 

2009 400 pp., 4 halftones, 1 line drawing 

978-0-8018-9078-9 $25.00 paperback 

Innovation in Medical Technology 

Ethical Issues and Challenges 

Margaret L. Eaton, Pharm.D., J.D., 

and Donald Kennedy, Ph.D. 

“An effective springboard for lively teaching sessions 

in a medical school or residency program, 

or as a provocative introduction to a course in 

medical ethics.” 

—JAMA 

2007 176 pp. 

978-0-8018-8526-6 $35.00 hardcover 

The Ethics of Bioethics 

Mapping the Moral Landscape 

edited by Lisa A. Eckenwiler 

and Felicia G. Cohn 

“Without question, The Ethics of Bioethics is a mustread 

for all persons involved with bioethics.” 

—JAMA 

2007 352 pp. 

978-0-8018-8612-6 $25.00 paperback 

Evaluating the Science and Ethics 

of Research on Humans 

A Guide for IRB Members 

Dennis J. Mazur, M.D., Ph.D. 

“The author applies extensive experience to illustrate 

the depth of ethical reflection that research 

proposals can generate and provides guidance on 

how reflection can be directed to decision making.” 

—Annals of Internal Medicine 

2007 272 pp. 

978-0-8018-8502-0 $29.95 paperback 



The Ethics of Coercion 

in Mass Casualty Medicine 

Griffin Trotter, M.D., Ph.D. 

“The book is well written and thought-provoking. 

It would be an ideal textbook for advanced 

graduate courses in disaster management and 

public health ethics.” 

—Choice 

2007 176 pp. 

978-0-8018-8551-8 $45.00 hardcover 

Neonatal Bioethics 

The Moral Challenges of Medical Innovation 

John D. Lantos, M.D., 

and William L. Meadow, M.D., Ph.D. 

“With neonatology as a case study, they take us 

well beyond the confines of this new field to examine 

broader issues in medical innovation . . . 

Insightful and thought provoking.” 

—New England Journal of Medicine 


978-0-8018-9089-5 $25.00 paperback 

Child Health in America 

Making a Difference through Advocacy 

Judith S. Palfrey, M.D. 

“A well-designed, articulate description of the political 

climate surrounding pediatric health care 

. . . Pediatric clinicians, politicians, students, and 

practitioners of health policy will be well-served 

by a read of this text to best understand what tools 

and information are needed.” —JAMA 


978-0-8018-8453-5 $30.00 paperback 

Surgically Shaping Children 

Technology, Ethics, and the Pursuit 

of Normality 

edited by Erik Parens 

Honorable Mention, Clinical Medicine 

Category, Professional and Scholarly 

Publishing Awards, Association 

of American Publishers 

“Provides an amazing wealth of practical advice 

. . . All the chapters are well written and engaging 

. . . Parents facing grueling decisions about surgical 

interventions for their children will find great 

solace in this book.” 

—New England Journal of Medicine 


978-0-8018-9090-1 $25.00 paperback 

Handbook for Health Care Ethics 

Committees 

Linda Farber Post, Jeffrey Blustein, 

and Nancy Neveloff Dubler 

“A strong work based on meticulous research and 

the wisdom of years of experience . . . Highly 

recommended.” 

—Choice 

2006 352 pp. 

978-0-8018-8448-1 $29.95 paperback 

After Harm 

Medical Error and the Ethics of Forgiveness 

Nancy Berlinger 

“A refreshing effort to connect error and forgiveness 

in a way that encourages the sort of debate 

the issue deserves.” 

—Journal of Religion and Health 

2005 176 pp. 

978-0-8018-8769-7 $25.00 paperback 

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Genetics 

Aging, Biotechnology, and the Future 

edited by Catherine Y. Read, Ph.D., R.N., 

Robert C. Green, M.D., M.P.H., and Michael A. Smyer, Ph.D. 

“A comprehensive yet concise, simple-to-read synopsis of the issue 

involving modern biotechnology/aging research . . . Highly recommended.” 

—Choice 


978-0-8018-8788-8 $45.00 hardcover 

Genomics and Environmental Regulation 

Science, Ethics, and Law 

edited by Richard R. Sharp, Gary E. Marchant, 

and Jamie A. Grodsky 

This fascinating volume draws on experts from academia, government, 

industry, and nongovernmental organizations to examine the science 

of genomic research as applied to environmental policy and points to 

ways in which information on toxicology and genetics can be used 

to craft more precise and efficient regulations. 


978-0-8018-9022-2 $50.00 hardcover 

Reprogenetics 

Law, Policy, and Ethical Issues 

edited by Lori P. Knowles and Gregory E. Kaebnick 

“A useful addition to the library of anyone interested in reprogenetics 

and particularly the future of legislation and policy on research and 

application of reprogenetic technology.” —Metapsychology 

2007 320 pp. 

978-0-8018-8524-2 $50.00 hardcover 

Moments of Truth in Genetic Medicine 

Susan Lindee 

“These fascinating, well-written stories portray what it is like to work 

in human or medical genetics, both in the clinic and as a researcher.” 

—Nature 

2005 288 pp., 1 line drawing, 7 halftones 

978-0-8018-9101-4 $25.00 paperback 

Wrestling with Behavioral Genetics 

Science, Ethics, and Public Conversation 

edited by Erik Parens, Audrey R. Chapman, and Nancy Press 

“Doubtless this book will soon become a classic within behavioral genetics, 

and compulsory reading for the non-specialist seeking to understand 

the basic scientific, social, and ethical issues within the field.” 

—American Journal of Bioethics 

2005 376 pp., 9 line drawings, 1 halftone 

978-0-8018-9091-8 $25.00 paperback 


Aging 


Planning for Uncertainty 

Living Wills and Other Advance Directives for You and Your Family 


David John Doukas, M.D., and William Reichel, M.D. 

“A practical guide to help individuals make end-of-life decisions and 

communicate them to healthcare providers, family members, and other 

loved ones.” 

—UU World 

A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book 

2007 168 pp. 

978-0-8018-8608-9 $18.95 paperback 

Challenges of an Aging Society 

Ethical Dilemmas, Political Issues 

edited by Rachel A. Pruchno and Michael A. Smyer 

“Easily readable and well referenced . . . It is an excellent, well-thoughtout 

resource for where the U.S. is on the issue of gerontology as it relates 

to ethics and public policy.” 

—Choice 


978-0-8018-8648-5 $49.95 hardcover 

Medicare Prospective Payment and the Shaping 

of U.S. Health Care 

Rick Mayes, Ph.D., and Robert A. Berenson, M.D. 

“A highly readable book that traces the history of Medicare prospective 

payment systems from their enactment in 1983 until today.” 

—Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 


978-0-8018-8855-7 $25.00 paperback 

Persons, Humanity, and the Definition of Death 

John P. Lizza 

“A finely detailed, and closely argued philosophical study of the definition 

of death with well-articulated consequences for public policy 

and clinical practice. Lizza’s volume is well worth a read for those in 

any relevant discipline.” 

—Metapsychology 

2005 272 pp. 

978-0-8018-8250-0 $45.00 hardcover 

Physician-Assisted Dying 

The Case for Palliative Care and Patient Choice 

edited by Timothy E. Quill, M.D., and Margaret P. Battin, Ph.D. 

“The indispensable starting place for anyone wishing to become better 

informed about the present arguments over physician-assisted dying.” 

—Humanist in Canada 

2004 320 pp. 

978-0-8018-8070-4 $28.00 paperback 


Health Policy 

Coming Soon 

Health Care in World Cities 

New York, Paris, and London 

Michael K. Gusmano, Ph.D., 

Victor G. Rodwin, Ph.D., M.P.H., 

and Daniel Weisz, M.D., M.P.A. 

The New Politics of Old Age Policy 


edited by Robert B. Hudson 

New 

Natural Disasters and Public Health 

Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma 

edited by Virginia M. Brennan 

These essays present the lessons learned from Hurricanes Katrina and 

Rita in 2005, providing policy makers, public policy scholars, and 

those working in the fields of public health and emergency planning 

with the tools needed to plan for large-scale emergencies and natural 

disasters in America’s cities and regions. 


978-0-8018-9199-1 $30.00 paperback 

Diversity and Women’s Health 

edited by Sue V. Rosser 

“This is the book that clearly demonstrates why we must focus on diversity 

and feminist perspectives in women’s health care.” 

—Heather McIlvaine-Newsad, Western Illinois University 

2009 304 pp. 

978-0-8018-9280-6 $35.00 paperback 

Health and Society 

Health Disparities in the United States 

Social Class, Race, Ethnicity, and Health 

Donald A. Barr, M.D., Ph.D. 

“Dr. Barr’s book is an excellent read on how race and ethnicity affect 

health care and contribute to health disparities.” —Family Medicine 


978-0-8018-8821-2 $40.00 paperback 

Introduction to U.S. Health Policy 

The Organization, Financing, and Delivery 

of Health Care in America 


Donald A. Barr, M.D., Ph.D. 

“A lucid and informative overview of the U.S. health system and the 

dilemmas policy makers currently face.” 

—Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 

2007 320 pp., 60 b&w line illustrations 

978-0-8018-8575-4 $49.95 paperback 



Who Owns Your Health 

Medical Professionalism and the Market State 

Thomas Faunce, B.Med., Ph.D. 

This elegantly written analysis explores the urgent 

issues surrounding growing corporate influence 

on health policy and medical professionalism. 

2008 314 pp. 

978-0-8018-8843-4 $30.00 paperback 

Mania 

A Short History of Bipolar Disorder 

David Healy 

“If Healy’s intent is to present a cohesive, thorough, 

integrated and provocative account of the 

history of the concept of mania and the evolution 

of what is currently called bipolar disorder, 

he is tremendously successful.” 

—PsycCRITIQUES 

Johns Hopkins Biographies of Disease 

2008 320 pp., 6 line illustrations 

978-0-8018-8822-9 $24.95 hardcover 

The Making of a Tropical Disease 

A Short History of Malaria 

Randall M. Packard 

2008 Book of the Year, End Malaria Awards, 

Malaria Foundation International 

“A short, well-written, and exceptionally welldocumented 

history and commentary on the 

possible control—and, hopefully, eradication— 

of one of the world’s major diseases.” —JAMA 

Johns Hopkins Biographies of Disease 


978-0-8018-8712-3 $24.95 hardcover 

Better But Not Well 

Mental Health Policy in the United States 

since 1950 

Richard G. Frank and Sherry A. Glied 

foreword by Rosalynn Carter 

“If one . . . has time to read one book on mental 

health policy this year, this should be the one.” 

—Health Affairs 

2006 208 pp., 13 line illustrations 

978-0-8018-8443-6 $21.95 paperback 

The Medicalization of Society 

On the Transformation of Human Conditions 

into Treatable Disorders 

Peter Conrad 

“Conrad’s fine work investigates and illuminates 

this baleful phenomenon.” —JAMA 

2007 224 pp. 

978-0-8018-8585-3 $20.00 paperback 

Prescribing by Numbers 

Drugs and the Definition of Disease 

Jeremy A. Greene 

“This is, I believe, one of the best, and most significant, 

books published recently on the development 

of medical practice and the pharmaceutical 

industry in the USA in the second half of the 

twentieth century.” 

—Social History of Medicine 


978-0-8018-9100-7 $25.00 paperback 

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Theory and Practice 

Selling Teaching Hospitals 

and Practice Plans 

George Washington and Georgetown 

Universities 

John A. Kastor, M.D. 

“A captivating story that will become a classic in 

the contemporary history of U.S. health care for 

many years to come.” 

—JAMA 

2008 280 pp., 18 b&w photos 

978-0-8018-8811-3 $50.00 hardcover 

Medicine and the Market 

Equity v. Choice 

Daniel Callahan and Angela A. Wasunna 

Outstanding Academic Title, 

Choice Magazine 

“Essential reading for anyone concerned with 

health care reform. It carries out the critical task 

of placing our national health care debates in the 

wider context of justice and health care reform 

around the world.” 

—JAMA 

Addiction Treatment 

Science and Policy 

for the Twenty-first Century 

edited by Jack E. Henningfield, 

Patricia B. Santora, and Warren K. Bickel 

Outstanding Academic Title, 

Choice Magazine 

“A broad overview of where the field seems to be 

heading and achieves its goal by provoking debate 

over the best way to get there.” —JAMA 

2007 248 pp., 21 illustrations 

978-0-8018-8669-0 $45.00 hardcover 

Our Present Complaint 

American Medicine, Then and Now 

Charles E. Rosenberg 

“A historian’s perspective on how society came 

to be in its current medical predicament. Deeply 

informed and informative, this work illustrates 

why Rosenberg is rightly regarded as the dean of 

American medical historians.” 

—Harvey V. Fineberg, President, 

Institute of Medicine 

2007 224 pp. 

978-0-8018-8716-1 $19.95 paperback 

2006 334 pp. 

978-0-8018-8339-2 $35.00 hardcover 

Narrative Matters 

The Power of the Personal Essay 

in Health Policy 

edited by Fitzhugh Mullan, M.D., 

Ellen Ficklen, and Kyna Rubin 

foreword by Abraham Verghese, M.D. 

Drawn from the popular “Narrative Matters” 

column in the journal Health Affairs, these essays 

epitomize the policy narrative, a new genre of 

writing that explores health policy through the 

expression of personal experiences. 

2006 320 pp. 

978-0-8018-8479-5 $20.00 paperback 

Governing Health 

The Politics of Health Policy 

third edition 

Carol S. Weissert and William G. Weissert 

“No other book offers a better overview of what 

every health professional or anyone who is intensely 

interested in health affairs should know 

about the politics of policy making.” —JAMA 


978-0-8018-8432-0 8018 84 $29.95 paperback 

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Also of Interest 

Write an Effective Funding Application 

A Guide for Researchers and Scholars 

Mary W. Walters 

In a world where the opportunity to advance 

scholarly and scientific knowledge is dependent 

on the ability to secure sufficient funding, researchers 

and scholars must write funding proposals 

that stand out from the competition. The 

practical advice in this guidebook is designed to 

aid academics in writing successful applications 

at all stages of their careers. 


978-0-8018-9356-8 $22.00 paperback 

Classic Titles in Bioethics and Health Policy 

Health Security for All 

Dreams of Universal Health Care in America 

Alan Derickson 

2005 256 pp. 

978-0-8018-8081-0 $31.00 hardcover 

Palliative Care for Infants, Children, 

and Adolescents 

A Practical Handbook 

edited by Brian S. Carter, M.D., F.A.A.P., 

and Marcia Levetown, M.D. 

foreword by Kathleen M. Foley, M.D. 


978-0-8018-8005-6 $31.00 paperback 

Bioethics in the Clinic 

Hippocratic Reflections 

Grant R. Gillett, M.B., Ch.B., D.Phil. 

Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine 

2004 328 pp. 

978-0-8018-7843-5 $47.00 hardcover 

Useful Bodies 

Humans in the Service of Medical Science 

in the Twentieth Century 

edited by Jordan Goodman, 

Anthony McElligott, and Lara Marks 

2003 240 pp. 

978-0-8018-8968-4 $25.00 paperback 

The Cultures of Caregiving 

Conflict and Common Ground among Families, 

Health Professionals, and Policy Makers 

edited by Carol Levine, M.A., 

and Thomas H. Murray, Ph.D. 

foreword by Christine K. Cassel, M.D. 

2004 216 pp. 

978-0-8018-8771-0 $25.00 paperback 

Ethics Consultation 

From Theory to Practice 

edited by Mark P. Aulisio, Ph.D., 

Robert M. Arnold, M.D., 

and Stuart J. Youngner, M.D. 

2003 240 pp. 

978-0-8018-7165-8 $47.00 hardcover 

Ethical and Regulatory Aspects 

of Clinical Research 

Readings and Commentary 

edited by Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., 

Robert A. Crouch, M.A., John D. Arras, Ph.D., 

Jonathan D. Moreno, Ph.D., 

and Christine Grady, R.N., Ph.D. 


978-0-8018-7813-8 $41.00 paperback 

The Case against Assisted Suicide 

For the Right to End-of-Life Care 

edited by Kathleen Foley, M.D., 

and Herbert Hendin, M.D. 

2002 384 pp. 

978-0-8018-7901-2 $28.00 paperback 

The Silent World of Doctor and Patient 

Jay Katz 

with a new foreword 

by Alexander Morgan Capron 

2002 320 pp. 

978-0-8018-5780-5 $25.00 paperback 

The Lazarus Case 

Life-and-Death Issues in Neonatal Intensive Care 

John D. Lantos, M.D. 

2001 208 pp. 

978-0-8018-8770-3 $20.00 paperback 

False Alarm 

Why the Greatest Threat to Social Security and 

Medicare Is the Campaign to “Save” Them 

Joseph White 


978-0-8018-7449-9 $23.95 paperback 

The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease 

Ethical Issues from Diagnosis to Dying 


Stephen G. Post 

2000 176 pp. 

978-0-8018-6410-0 $25.00 paperback 

The Definition of Death 

Contemporary Controversies 

edited by Stuart J. Youngner, M.D., 

Robert M. Arnold, M.D., 

and Renie Schapiro, M.P.H. 

1999 368 pp. 

978-0-8018-7229-7 $26.00 paperback 


INDEX 

Anderson, The Collectors of Lost Souls 5 

Aulisio, Ethics Consultation 13 

Baily, Ethics and Newborn Genetic Screening 2 

Ballenger, Treating Dementia 3 

Barr, Health Disparities in the United States 10 

Barr, Introduction to U.S. Health Policy 10 

Berlinger, After Harm 7 

Brennan, Natural Disasters and Public Health 10 

Buckman, Practical Plans for Difficult Conversations 

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