Abstract
Devine is a Vincentian priest who teaches medical ethics at St. John's University. This is the second edition of a book that was published only four years ago. Since the field of health care is developing very rapidly, a new edition that would address the issue of cloning and present the current state on AIDS treatment, reproductive technologies, and euthanasia had become necessary. The reader recognizes immediately that this very readable book is up-to-date. Six of the thirteen chapters contain references more recent than the middle of 1995. Several references are from 1998.