Biomedical ethics and ethical theory. -- Physicians' obligations and patients' rights. -- Professionals' obligations, institutions, and patients' rights. -- Ethical issues in human and animal experimentation. -- Ethical issues regarding the mentally ill and the mentally retarded. -- Suicide and the refusal of life-sustaining treatment. -- Euthanasia and the definitions of death. -- Abortion and maternal/fetal conflicts. -- Genetics and human reproduction. -- Justice and health-care policy