Description: PART I: The Delineation of Beneficence1. Paternalism, Autonomy, and Beneficence in the Patient-Doctor Relationship2. Limitations of Autonomy and Paternalism: Toward a Model of Beneficence3. Why Good Rather than Rights?4. Beneficence-in-TrustPART II: The Implications of Beneficence for the Doctor and Patient5. Health and Ethical Norms6. The Good of the Patient7. Quality of Life Judgements and Medical Indications8. The Good Patient9. The Good PhysicianPART III: The Consequences of Beneficence10. The Common Devotion: A Reconstruction of Medical Ethics11. Making Decisions Under Uncertainty12. Making Decisions for Incompetent Patients13. The Role of Physicians, Families and Other Surrogates in Decisions Concerning Incompetent Patients14. The Physician as Gatekeeper15. Beneficence-in-Trust: How It Is Applied16. A Medical Oath for the Post Hippocratic Era

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