Ethics & Medicine : Volume 27:1 Spring 2011

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EDITORIAL
Human Dignity and Biomedicine
C. Ben Mitchell, PhD

GREY MATTERS
Turning a Blind Eye: An Ethical Assessment
William P. Cheshire, Jr., MD

CLINICAL ETHICS DILEMMAS
Capitulation to a Patient’s Demands
Robert E. Cranston MD, MA (ethics), FAAN, CPE

The Practice of Telemedicine: Medico-Legal and Ethical Issues
Fatimah Lateef, MBBS FRCS

Is Ageing Bad for Us?
Michael Hauskeller, MA, PhD

Forced Sterilization of Native Americans: Later Twentieth Century Cooperation with National Eugenic Policies?
Gregory W. Rutecki, MD

Teleology, Embryonic Personhood, and Stem Cell Research
Tim Mosteller, PhD

Genes, Jobs, and Justice: Occupational Medicine Physicians and the Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues of Genetic Testing in the Workplace
Sherry I Brandt-Rauf, JD, MPHIL, Elka Brandt-Rauf, MPH, Robyn Gershon, DRPH, BSPH, Youngliang Li, MD, MPH, and Paul W. Brandt-Rauf, DRPH, MD, SCD

Book Reviews
The Evolution Controversy: A Survey of Competing Theories
Thomas B. Fowler and Daniel Kuebler. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2007.
ISBN 0-8010-3174-5; 384 PAGES, PAPER, $28.00
Reviewed by Jeffrey G. Betcher, MD, FRCPC, MA (Ethics), who practices anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the Regina Qu’ÄôAppelle Health Region in Regina, Saskatchewan, CANADA.

Reviving Evangelical Ethics: The Promises and Pitfalls of Classic Models of Morality
Wyndy Corbin Reuschling. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2008.
ISBN 978-1-58743-189-0; 188 PAGES, PAPER, $22.99
Reviewed by David C. Cramer, MDiv, MA (Philosophy or Religion), who is Adjunct Faculty for the Division of Religion and Philosophy at Bethel College, Mishawaka, Indiana, USA.