Foreword / Paul S. Appelbaum -- Introduction / Maurice D. Steinberg, Stuart J. Youngner -- Competence to refuse life-sustaining treatment / Stuart J. Youngner -- Depression and the refusal of life-saving medical treatment / Mark D. Sullivan -- Family dynamics in decisions to withhold or withdraw treatment / Ellen Rothchild -- Obstacles to doctor-patient communication at the end of life / Mary F. Morrison -- Consultation to end-of-life treatment decisions in children / Julie R. Van der Feen, Michael S. Jellinek --
End-of-life decisions in AIDS / Alexandra Beckett -- Evaluating patient requests for euthanasia and assisted suicide in terminal illness : the role of the psychiatrist / Susan D. Block, J. Andrew Billings -- Legal aspects of end-of-life decision making / Alan Meisel -- Termination-of-treatment decisions : ethical underpinnings / David Mayo -- Physician-assisted suicide : moral questions / Daniel Callahan.