Worse than the disease: pitfalls of medical progress

Introduction

Where are we and how did we get there?

DES and the elusive goal of drug safety

The artificial heart / by Thomas A. Preston

The swine flu immunization program

Genetic engineering: science and social responsibility / by Diana B. Dutton and Nancy E. Pfund

Risks and rights

Compensating the injuries of medical innovation

What is fair? medical innovation and justice

The role of the public

What is possible? toward medical progress in the public interest.