1. Values Based Decision Making in Healthcare: Introduction

   • James J. Mccartney

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 5

2. Values Based Decision Making: Organizational Mission and Integrity

   • Ana Smith Iltis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 6 - 17

3. Values Based Decision Making: A Tool for Achieving the Goals of Healthcare

   • Ann E. Mills
   • Edward M. Spencer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 18 - 32

4. Moral Distress in Healthcare Practice: The Situation of Nurses

   • Wendy Austin
   • Gillian Lemermeyer
   • Melissa S. Johnson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 48

5. Bioethics, Religion, and Democratic Deliberation: Policy Formation and Embryonic Stem Cell Research

   • Miriam Brouillet
   • Leigh Turner

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 63

6. Informed Consent Law, Ethics, and Practice: From Infancy to Reflective Adolescence

   • Roberta M. Berry

   OriginalPaper Pages: 64 - 81

7. Notes on Contributors

   • Editorial Board

   EditorialNotes Pages: 82 - 85