1. Medicine's reality

   • Henk A.M.J. ten Have

   Editorial Introduction Pages: 1 - 2

2. Das unheimliche – Towards a phenomenology of illness

   • Fredrik Svenaeus

   Discussion Pages: 3 - 16

3. Gadamerian dialogue in the patient-professional interaction

   • Vilhjálmur Árnason

   Discussion Pages: 17 - 23

4. The doctor-patient relationship as a Gadamerian dialogue: A response to Arnason

   • Guy A.M. Widdershoven

   Discussion Pages: 25 - 27

5. The role of doctor and patient in the construction of the pseudo-epileptic attack disorder

   • Wim Dekkers
   • Peter van Domburg

   Discussion Pages: 29 - 38

6. On the grammar of ``psychosis''

   • Markus L.A. Heinimaa

   Discussion Pages: 39 - 46

7. A model of community substituted consent for research on the vulnerable

   • David C. Thomasma

   Discussion Pages: 47 - 57

8. Causation: The elusive grail of epidemiology

   • L.R. Karhausen

   Discussion Pages: 59 - 67

9. An argument against research on people with intellectual disabilities

   • S.D. Edwards

   Discussion Pages: 69 - 73

10. The case for codes of ethics

    • Albert R. Jonsen

    BookReview Pages: 75 - 76

11. The lived body of the psychosomatic patient

    • Søren Holm

    BookReview Pages: 77 - 80

12. Short Literature Notices

    BookReview Pages: 81 - 92

13. Books Received

    BookReview Pages: 93 - 93

14. Espmh News

    • Henk ten Have

    Announcement Pages: 95 - 99

15. Activities

    • Henk ten Have

    Announcement Pages: 101 - 101

16. The European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care

    Announcement Pages: 103 - 103

17. XVth European conference on philosophy of medicine and health care

    Announcement Pages: 104 - 104

18. European Master in Bioethics

    Announcement Pages: 105 - 105

19. Ethics and Genetics

    Announcement Pages: 106 - 106