1. Editor's introduction and announcement

   EditorialNotes Pages: 233 - 236

2. Hospital ethics committees: Diverse and problematic

   • Mary B. Mahowald

   OriginalPaper Pages: 237 - 246

3. Some model documents for a DNR policy

   • Edmund L. Erde

   OriginalPaper Pages: 247 - 259

4. Reproductive technologies: Some ethical considerations for HECs

   • Cappy Miles Rothman

   Special Article Pages: 261 - 274

5. Special bibliography on HECs

   Legacy Pages: 275 - 299

6. The patient with a “painful” request response: HEC, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center

   Mt./St. Anonymous Pages: 301 - 302

7. The patient's HEC's response

   Responses Pages: 303 - 304

8. II. The case of a demented elderly patient whose family requests the withdrawal of nutrition/hydration

   Mt./St. Anonymous Pages: 305 - 306

9. Notes on contributors

   Legacy Pages: 307 - 308