Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics: Volume 1 -

Mrs. Wanglie and “Doctor Knows Best” and Making Decisions for Those Who Cannot Decide for Themselves: Autonomy in Two Recent Cases
Fenella Rouse
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10 December 2009, pp. 165-168
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Since at least the Karen Ann Quinlan case, the idea of autonomy has always been central to the discussion about whether to given life-prolonging treatment. Those on different sides of the debate may disagree strongly about some of the issues, but the importance of the patient's autonomy has been accepted by people of widely different points of view.

Making Patients Pay for Their Life-Style Choices
Robert L. Schwartz
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10 December 2009, pp. 393-400
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Smokers impose a terrible cost on all of the rest of us. Those who choose to smoke are more likely than nonsmokers to suffer from cancer, heart disease, and a host of other diseases that require intensive and expensive medical intervention. Although they may suffer these diseases, we all pay for their habit through higher healthcare costs, which are reflected in higher insurance premiums, higher taxes, and fewer healthcare resources available for nonsmokers. It is simply unfair for smokers to impose this cost on the rest of us; they should bear this self-induced cost themselves.

New Voices ask to be Heard in Bioethics
Donald F. Phillips
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10 December 2009, pp. 169-177
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The shape, function, and dynamic of the field of bioethics is in constant flux, and nowhere is this more apparent than at gatherings of those immersed in th discipline. This section presents coverage and commentary on conferences and settings where voices out-side the mainstream of biomedical ethics can be heard.

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics