Setting the stage. The role of medicine in armed conflict
Military ethics and humanitarian law
Contemporary biomedical ethics
Moral dilemmas of medicine and war
The ethics of medicine and the ethics of war. Life, dignity, and utility
Dignity: an absolute moral right?
Utility: limiting harm and achieving good
Bioethics, war, and necessity
Medical care for the wounded. Evacuating and treating the wounded
Medical care and military necessity
Medical care and political obligation
The limits of military medical care
Patient rights for soldiers. Informed consent during armed conflict
Battlefield euthanasia and the right to die
Patient rights in war and peace
Wartime triage. The moral dilemmas of triage
Triage, medical need, and military utility
Distributing medical knowledge to the enemy
Tragedy and triage: a second look
Medical neutrality. Medical neutrality and armed conflict
Medical neutrality and unconventional conflict
Medical immunity in the Pelestinian-Israeli conflict
Medical impartiality in the Vietnam War
The challenge of medical neutrality
Torture, ill-treatment, and interrogation. The dilemma of torture
Torture, ill-treatment, and terror
Justifying torture and ill-treatment
Troture and the role of physicians
Chemical and biological warfare. Historical overview
The inhumanity of chemical and biological weapons Bioethics and unconventional deterrence
Nonlethal chemical and biological weapons
Weapons development and the medical community
Bioethics and the end of armed conflict. Pacifism, peace, medicine, and war
Physician-assisted draft evasion
Midicene and pacifism: the quest for world peace
The lure of pacifism and peace
The moral dilemmas of medicine and war. The transformation of ethics during war
The transformation of medical ethics during war
Armed conflict and professional obligation.
