Table of contents

Research Article

• Empirical medical ethics. (1 June, 1999)

  T Hope
• Reply to Farsides's editorial: palliative care--a euthanasia-free zone. (1 June, 1999)

  F Randall
• Equitable rationing of highly specialised health care services for children: a perspective from South Africa. (1 June, 1999)

  W A Landman, L D Henley
• Genetically determined obesity in Prader-Willi syndrome: the ethics and legality of treatment. (1 June, 1999)

  A J Holland, J Wong
• Sterilisation of incompetent mentally handicapped persons: a model for decision making. (1 June, 1999)

  J P Denekens, H Nys, H Stuer
• A problem for the idea of voluntary euthanasia. (1 June, 1999)

  N Campbell
• Advance directives are the solution to Dr Campbell's problem for voluntary euthanasia. (1 June, 1999)

  A Flew
• Protective truthfulness: the Chinese way of safeguarding patients in informed treatment decisions. (1 June, 1999)

  M C Pang
• Abandonment of terminally ill patients in the Byzantine era. An ancient tradition? (1 June, 1999)

  J Lascaratos, E Poulakou-Rebelakou, S Marketos
• Research, ethics and conflicts of interest. (1 June, 1999)

  M Little
• Can the written information to research subjects be improved?--an empirical study. (1 June, 1999)

  E Bjørn, P Rossel, S Holm
• Performance of research ethics committees in Spain. A prospective study of 100 applications for clinical trial protocols on medicines. (1 June, 1999)

  R Dal-Ré, J Espada, R Ortega
• Responses by four Local Research Ethics Committees to submitted proposals. (1 June, 1999)

  G Kent
• Teaching literature and medicine. (1 June, 1999)

  J R Skelton, J A MacLeod, C P Thomas