• Front Matter R1-R12

• Contents R13-R18

• Executive Summary 1-24

• Part I 25-26

• 1. Introduction 27-42

• 2. The Social Context of Bioethical Problem Solving 43-66

• 3. Systematic Approaches to Bioethics 67-86

• 4. The Spectrum of Societal Responses 87-149

• 5. Criteria for Success 150-167

• 6. Conclusions and Recommendations 168-194

• Part II: Commissioned Papers 195-200

• Moral Epistemology 201-214

• Public Moral Discourse 215-240

• The Value of Consensus 241-260

• Bioethics Commissions: What Can We Learn from Past Successes and Failures? 261-306

• Limiting Life-Prolonging Medical Treatment: A Comparative Analysis of the President's Commission and the New York State Task Force 307-334

• The Formulation of Health Policy by the Three Branches of Government 335-357

• The Role of Religious Participation and Religious Belief in Biomedical Decision Making 358-387

• Trust, Honesty, and the Authority of Science 388-408

• Institutional Ethics Committees: Local Perspectives on Ethical Issues in Medicine 409-431

• The Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications Program of the National Center for Human Genome Research: A Missed Opportunity? 432-457

• AIDS, Ethics, and Activism: Institutional Encounters in the Epidemic's First Decade 458-476

• La Penible Valse Hesitation: Fetal Tissue Research Review and the Use of Bioethics Commissions in France and the United States 477-502

• Appendix: Past Commissions and Advisory Boards 503-520

• Index 521-542

" La Penible Valse Hesitation: Fetal Tissue Research Review and the Use of Bioethics Commissions in France and the United States ." Society's Choices: Social and Ethical Decision Making in Biomedicine . Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1995 .

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