Judicial reasoning in termination of treatment decisions has neglected valid state interests in the preservation of life and the ethical integrity of medicine. Courts must balance these interests against individual liberty, ...

Even to begin discussing the ethics of animal experimentation we must locate our place in the "ethical three-ring circus" of the debate among "human welfarists," "animal rightists" and those in the "troubled middle." ...

The authors explore the question of how the right of patients to refuse life-sustaining treatment can be reconciled with a hospital's or nursing home's differing philosophy of care. They review three recent court cases ...

Veatch considers the pluralistic casuistry theory advocated by Baruch Brody in his 1988 book,