CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 INTRODUCTION The Liberal Framework -- PART I PATIENT AUTONOMY -- 2 PATIENT AUTONOMY AND INFORMED CONSENT -- 3 PATIENT RESPONSIBILITY FOR DECISION MAKING -- 4 ADVANCE DIRECTIVES Extending Autonomy for Patients -- PART II PROFESSIONAL RIGHTS OF CONSCIENCE -- 5 BENEFICENCE, ABANDONMENT, AND THE DUTY TO TREAT -- 6 RIGHTS OF CONSCIENCE IN THE PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP -- 7 CONCLUSION Health Care Ethics Committees and Consultants in a Liberal Framework -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.