1. Ethics and its role in health care -- 2. How we make ethical decisions -- 3. The bases for our decisions -- 4. Making good decisions -- 5. Abortion and maternal-fetal care -- 6. Care of critically ill newborns -- 7. Forgoing treatment at the end of life -- 8. Controversies in the care of the dying -- 9. Reproductive technology and the quest for offspring -- 10. Stem cell research and human cloning -- 11. Genomics and genetic testing -- 12. Medical research on humans.