I. COMMENTARY

Cell Wars
Albert R. Jonsen, Ph.D.

II. ARTICLES

Human Rights and the Ethic of Care: A Framework for Health Research and Practice
Philip Alcabes, Ph.D., M.P.H. and Ann B. Williams, R.N., Ed.D.

Last Chance Therapies: Can a Just and Caring Society Do Health Care Rationing When Life Itself is at Stake?
Leonard M. Fleck, Ph.D.


The Hippocratic Oath as Literary Text: A Dialogue Between Law and Medicine
Lisa R. Hasday, J.D.

III. DEVELOPMENTS AND TRENDS IN THE LAW (This section analyzes the law as it exists in each state on a given question. An article accompanying these analyses describes the trends in the law).

Question: How Are States Protecting the Privacy of Health Information Held by Health Care Providers?

Altered States: State Health Privacy Laws and the Impact of the Federal Health Privacy Rule
Joy L. Pritts, J.D.


Synopsis of State Case and Statutory Law
The Journal's Editorial Staff

IV. BOOK REVIEW

From Detached Concern to Empathy: Humanizing Medical Practice, by Jodi Halpern (2001).
Reviewed by: Nancy R. Angoff, M.D., M.P.H., M.Ed.

Book Notes


©2002 by the Yale Law School. All rights reserved. ISSN 1535-3532.