1. Editor's Introduction

   • Janet Fleetwood

   OriginalPaper Pages: 231 - 234

2. Restraints: Controlling a Symptom or a Symptom of Control

   • Steven H. Miles

   OriginalPaper Pages: 235 - 243

3. Physical Restraint Elimination in the Acute Care Setting: Ethical Considerations

   • Jacquelyn Slomka
   • George J. Agich
   • Martin L. Smith

   OriginalPaper Pages: 244 - 262

4. Culture and the Use of Patient Restraints

   • Bonnie B. O'Connor

   OriginalPaper Pages: 263 - 275

5. Legal Aspects of Restraint Use in Hospitals and Nursing Homes

   • Susan L. Goldberg

   OriginalPaper Pages: 276 - 289

6. For their own Good? A Historical Examination of Restraint Use

   • Julie Fairman
   • Mary Beth Happ

   OriginalPaper Pages: 290 - 299

7. Nursing Home Issues in Restraint Use

   • Barbara Mavretish

   OriginalPaper Pages: 300 - 305

8. An Ethics Committee Explores Restraint Use and Practices

   • Wayne Vaught
   • Ruth M. Lamdan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 306 - 316

9. General Anesthesia: An Extreme Form of Chemical and Physical Restraint

   • Ruth M. Lamdan
   • Ziauddin Ahmed
   • Jean Lee

   OriginalPaper Pages: 317 - 322

10. Physical Restraints

    • Marina Goldman

    OriginalPaper Pages: 323 - 337

11. The Pediatric Ethics Forum: Exploring the Ethical Dimensions of Pediatric Care

    • R. Gordon Hutcheon
    • John J. Mitchell Jr.
    • Susan Schmerler

    OriginalPaper Pages: 338 - 349

12. The Significance of the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine of the Council of Europe for Healthcare Ethics Committees

    • Chris Gastmans

    OriginalPaper Pages: 350 - 358

13. Establishing Clinical [Healthcare] Ethics Committees in Germany

    • Alfred Simon

    OriginalPaper Pages: 359 - 360

14. Notes on Contributors

    OriginalPaper Pages: 361 - 365

15. Author Index to Volume 10: 1998

    OriginalPaper Pages: 366 - 371