Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Law and bioethics / A review of current issues in the regulation of human-subject research in the United States / Financial conflicts of interest in human subjects research : domestic and international issues / The role and legal status of health care ethics committees in the U.S. / What's wrong with health privacy? / Health care and the human genome : regulatory challenge and response / Bioethics issues surrounding the beginning of life : legal aspects in the United States / Acquiring and allocating human organs for transplant : U.S. law / End-of-life legal issues in the U.S. / Pediatrics, the law, and bioethics / Health care decisions for the elderly / Legal regulation of genetic testing : balancing privacy and family interests / Assisted reproduction in Ireland / Canadian legal perspectives in bioethics / Bioethics and New Zealand health law / Bioethics in the developing world / Index.