1. What does social meaning mean?

   • David Seedhouse

   Editorial Pages: 1 - 4

2. The research-practice gap and the role of decision analysis in closing it

   • Jack Dowie

   Original Paper Pages: 5 - 18

3. Paper one: Resource allocation in cancer medicine: Invest where the benefits are clear

   • John A. Green

   Main Feature Pages: 19 - 28

4. Paper two: Allocation of scarce resources: The need for critical analysis

   • Christopher Williams

   Main Feature Pages: 28 - 34

5. Paper three: Resource allocation and social meaning

   • Alan Cribb

   Main Feature Pages: 34 - 37

6. Paper four: How should we think about resource allocation?

   • Bob Brecher

   Main Feature Pages: 37 - 40

7. Paper five: Treatment now or future research?

   • Martyn Evans

   Main Feature Pages: 40 - 44

8. Health care law

   Feature Pages: 45 - 64

9. Difficulties in obtaining informed consent by psychiatrists, surgeons and obstetricians/gynaecologists

   • Gerry Kent

   Feature Pages: 65 - 71

10. Learning the law

    • Linda Delany

    Feature Pages: 71 - 73

11. Don't ‘consent’ patients, help them to decide

    • Tony Hope

    Feature Pages: 73 - 76

12. Informed consent for clinical treatment: A psychologist speaks for patients

    • Valerie J. Grant

    Feature Pages: 76 - 79

13. Debating point

    • Ani B. Satz

    Discussion Pages: 80 - 84

14. Book reviews

    • Ian Buchanan
    • Christopher Wibberley
    • Richard Cleminson

    BookReview Pages: 85 - 88

15. Letters

    • Richard Cleminson

    Letter Pages: 89 - 89

16. Events

    Legacy Pages: 90 - 90