1. Obituary

   • Edmund D. Pellegrino

   Note Pages: 1 - 3

2. Crossing the Bridge: A Time of Transition for Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

   • Daniel P. Sulmasy

   Editorial Introduction Pages: 5 - 7

3. Letter to the Editor

   • Solomon R. Benatar

   Letter to the Editor Pages: 9 - 10

4. The CIOMS's Distributive Justice Principle: A Reply to Dr Benatar

   • D.R. Cooley

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 18

5. The Professional Status of Bioethics Consultation

   • Deborah Cummins

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 43

6. The relevance of Rawls' principle of justice for research on cognitively impaired patients

   • PD Dr. Giovanni Maio

   OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 53

7. Medical Decision-Making: An Argument for Narrative and Metaphor

   • Katherine Hall

   OriginalPaper Pages: 55 - 73

8. Human Dignity and the Ethics and Aesthetics of Pain and Suffering

   • Daryl Pullman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 94

9. Ole Doering (ed.), Chinese Scientists and Responsibility. Ethical Issues of Human Genetics in Chinese and International Contexts

   • Nikola Biller

   BookReview Pages: 95 - 96

10. H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr., The Foundations of Christian Bioethics

    • Walter S. Davis

    BookReview Pages: 97 - 100

11. Katie Hogan, Women Take Care – Gender, Race and the Culture of AIDS

    • Angela Wasunna

    BookReview Pages: 101 - 105

12. Instructions for Authors

    Instructions for Authors Pages: 107 - 114

13. Corrigendum

    Corrigendum Pages: 115 - 115