1. Editor's note: The patient Self-Determination Act

   EditorialNotes Pages: 185 - 186

2. Dying made legal: New challenge for advance directives

   • Nancy M. P. King

   OriginalPaper Pages: 187 - 199

3. Judgments of futility: What should ethics committees be thinking about?

   • Judith Wilson Ross

   Special Article Pages: 201 - 210

4. Futile therapy

   Poet's Corner Pages: 211 - 211

5. Editor's note

   European Perspective Pages: 213 - 213

6. Ethics review committees [in biomedical research] in the Nordic Countries: History, organization, and assignments

   • Jan Helge Solbakk

   European Perspective Pages: 215 - 220

7. Ethics committees in Germany

   • Urban Wiesing

   European Perspective Pages: 221 - 226

8. U.S. ethics committees: Perceived versus actual roles

   European Perspective Pages: 227 - 230

9. Alexandria [virginia] hospital bioethics committee: History and purpose

   Document Exchange Pages: 231 - 240

10. 1991: Case presentation 2 DNR or CPR? — The unintended death of a terminal patient

    Mt./St. Anonymous Pages: 241 - 242

11. A reply

    Point and Counterpoint Pages: 243 - 244

12. Conference announcement The Role and Responsibilities of Health care Ethics Committees September 30–October 1, 1991 Boston park Plaza hotel Boston, massachusetts

    Announcement Pages: 245 - 249

13. Conference announcement the 1991 ASLM annual meeting October 25–October 26, 1991 Royal Sonesta hotel Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Announcement Pages: 251 - 251

14. Notes on contributors

    Legacy Pages: 253 - 254