Table of Contents:
  • Philanthropy in medicine / Darrel W. Amundsen and Gary B. Ferngreen
  • Philosophical foundations of beneficence / Allen E. Buchanan
  • Beneficence in an ethics of virtue / William K. Frankena
  • Beneficence, supererogation, and role duty / John P. Reeder, Jr.
  • Jewish ethics and beneficence / Ronald M. Green
  • Roman Catholic Ethics and beneficence / William E. May
  • Protestant ethics and beneficence / Harmon L. Smith
  • Scope of beneficence in health care / Natalie Abrams
  • To benefit and respect persons / Earl E. Shelp
  • Beneficence and health policy / James F. Childress
  • Altruism in health care / Ronald M. Green
  • Epilogue / Earl E. Shelp.