Issues such as privacy, genetic testing, and the allocation of organ transplants require a more sensitive approach to the setting of budgets, and so a more socially responsible attitude towards health care economics is emerging. John Davies has gathered together an impressive range of contributors to explore these phenomena.

Book Reviews

• Challenges of Programs Evaluation of Health Interventions in Developing Countries
• Need For Health Care (Social Ethics and Policy Series)
• Caring for the Future: Making the Next Decades Provide a Life Worth Living
• The Ethics of Palliative Care: European Perspectives (Facing Death Series)
• Mama Might Be Better Off Dead: The Failure of Health Care in Urban America
• Mental Retardation: A Community Integration Approach
• The Shadow Welfare State: Labor, Business, and the Politics of Health Care in the United States
• Health Economics (with Printed Access Card InfoTrac 1-Semester, Economic Appliations Online Product)
• American Health Policy : Critical Issues for Reform
• Unfiltered: Conflicts over Tobacco Policy and Public Health