Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine - Volume 64, Number 2

Volume 64 Number 2
March 1997

Issues in Medical Ethics: Religious and Philosophic
Perspectives on Access to Health Care

Introduction Daniel A. Moros, Rosamond Rhodes, Allyson Robichaud 71

America's Ecumenical Health Policy: 72

A Century of Consensus Daniel M. Fox

Religious Perspectives on Access to Health Care

A Protestant Perspective Reverend James A. Forbes 75

A Catholic Perspective Monsignor Charles J. Fahey 80

A Jewish Perspective Rabbi Harlan J. Wechsler 84

Philosophic Perspectives on Access to Health Care

Distributive Justice in Health Care Allen Buchanan 90

Putting the Care into Health Care Joram G. Haber 96

Public Policy

The Health Care Juggling Act: Balancing Universal Access, 101

Cost Containment. and Quality Improvement Mark R. Chassin

A Doctor's Perspective Kurt Hirschhorn 105

Panel Discussion 108

Program...Issues in Medical Ethics: March 1997- Twelfth New York 112

Regional Conference at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Can Age-Based Rationing of Health Care be Morally Justified? 113

Michael M. Rivlin

Research and/or Training on the Newly Dead: 120

The Jewish Perspective Fred Rosner

Asymptomatic Hepatopathy Is Frequent in 125

Chronic Alcoholic Pancreatitis Júlio M.F. Chebli, Edson Lobo,

Valéria P. Lanzoni and Manoel M. Das Neves

Steroid Cell Tumor of the Ovary as a Rare Cause of Virilization 130

Halil Azizlerli, Refik Tanakol, Tarik Terzioglu, Faruk Alagöl
and Ferhunde Dizdaroglu

SEMINAR

Arrhythmias and Antiarrhythmic Drugs Brian F. Hoffman 136

GRAND ROUNDS

The Acute Treatment of Supraventricular 142

Tachycardia Marie Noelle S. Langan

DERMATOLOGY NOTES

Iatrogenic Cushing's Syndrome Neal Schultz and Mark Lebwohl 146

BOOK REVIEWS

Future Practice Alternatives in Medicine Stanley Reichman 147

The Physician's Guide to Managed Care Fred Rosner 148

Understanding Acute Low Back Problems Martin H. Savitz 149

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Introduction Daniel A. Moros, Rosamond Rhodes, Allyson Robichaud	71
America's Ecumenical Health Policy:	72
A Century of Consensus Daniel M. Fox	72

A Protestant Perspective Reverend James A. Forbes	75
A Catholic Perspective Monsignor Charles J. Fahey	80
A Jewish Perspective Rabbi Harlan J. Wechsler	84

Distributive Justice in Health Care Allen Buchanan	90
Putting the Care into Health Care Joram G. Haber	96

The Health Care Juggling Act: Balancing Universal Access,	101
Cost Containment. and Quality Improvement Mark R. Chassin	101
A Doctor's Perspective Kurt Hirschhorn	105

Program...Issues in Medical Ethics: March 1997- Twelfth New York	112
Regional Conference at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Can Age-Based Rationing of Health Care be Morally Justified?	113
Michael M. Rivlin
Research and/or Training on the Newly Dead:	120
The Jewish Perspective Fred Rosner
Asymptomatic Hepatopathy Is Frequent in	125
Chronic Alcoholic Pancreatitis Júlio M.F. Chebli, Edson Lobo,
Valéria P. Lanzoni and Manoel M. Das Neves
Steroid Cell Tumor of the Ovary as a Rare Cause of Virilization	130
Halil Azizlerli, Refik Tanakol, Tarik Terzioglu, Faruk Alagöl and Ferhunde Dizdaroglu

The Acute Treatment of Supraventricular	142
Tachycardia Marie Noelle S. Langan

Future Practice Alternatives in Medicine Stanley Reichman	147
The Physician's Guide to Managed Care Fred Rosner	148
Understanding Acute Low Back Problems Martin H. Savitz	149