FRANK H. MARSH is Professor of Medical Ethics and Philosophy at the University of Colorado. He is the author of The Emerging Rights of Children In Treatment for Mental and Catastrophic Illnesses, Punishment and Restitution (Greenwood Press, 1984) and Biology, Crime, and Ethics.MARK YARBOROUGH is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Preventative Medicine, Program of Medical Ethics, at the University of Colorado.

• Preface Beneficence as the Foundation for the Health Care System Defining the Problem Cost Containment's Threat to Health Care The Justification of a Health Policy Based on Rights and Justice Justifying a Beneficence Based Health Care System Implementing Beneficence in the Health Care System Beneficence and the Role of the Physician Beneficence and the Neonatologist Beneficence and the Treatment of the Elderly Beneficence and the Difficult Patient Bibliography Index

FRANK H. MARSH is Professor of Medical Ethics and Philosophy at the University of Colorado. He is the author of The Emerging Rights of Children In Treatment for Mental and Catastrophic Illnesses, Punishment and Restitution (Greenwood Press, 1984) and Biology, Crime, and Ethics.MARK YARBOROUGH is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Preventative Medicine, Program of Medical Ethics, at the University of Colorado.

• Preface Beneficence as the Foundation for the Health Care System Defining the Problem Cost Containment's Threat to Health Care The Justification of a Health Policy Based on Rights and Justice Justifying a Beneficence Based Health Care System Implementing Beneficence in the Health Care System Beneficence and the Role of the Physician Beneficence and the Neonatologist Beneficence and the Treatment of the Elderly Beneficence and the Difficult Patient Bibliography Index