Revised presentations from 2 previous conferences in 1992-3.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Andrew Grubb and Maxwell J. Mehlman -- The use of financial incentives in medical cases: the case of commerce in transplantable organs / James F. Blumstein -- Forcing rescue: the landscape of health care provider obligations to treat patients / Barry R. Furrow -- The Americans with Disabilities Act and the corpus of anti-discrimination law: a force for change in the future of public health regulation / Lawrence O. Gostin -- Racist health care: reforming an unjust health care system to meet the needs of African-Americans / Vernellia R. Randall -- Life style, health status, and distributive justice / Robert L. Schwartz -- Principles and power in the health care arena: reflections on the Canadian experience / Carolyn Hughes Tuohy -- A right to health care? A comparative perspective / Dieter Giesen -- Distributing health care rationing and the role of the physician in the United Kingdom National Health Service / Alan Maynard -- Legal issues arising out of medical provision for ethnic groups / David Pearl.