[Pt.] I. The pragmatic method in bioethics. Bioethics is a naturalism / Jonathan D. Moreno -- Pragmatic method and bioethics / Glenn McGee -- Clinical pragmatism: a method of moral problem solving / Joseph J. Fins, Matthew D. Bacchetta, and Franklin G. Miller -- Habits of healing / D. Micah Hester -- Freestanding pragmatism in law and bioethics / John D. Arras -- [pt.] II. Current debates and American philosophers. Medical covenant: a Roycean perspective / C. Griffin Trotter -- On "tame" and "untamed" death: Jamesian reflections / William J. Gavin -- On helping people to die: a pragmatic account / Mary B. Mahowald -- Significance at the end of life / D. Micah Hester -- William James, Black Elk, and the healing act / Bruce Wilshire -- Dg [pt.] III. Pragmatism and specific issues in bioethics. Mental illness: rights, competence, and communication / Beth J. Singer -- Genetics and pragmatism / Herman J. Saatkamp, Jr. -- "Expert bioethics" as professional discourse: the case of stem cells / Paul Root Wolpe and Glenn McGee -- Pragmatism and the determination of death / Martin Benjamin -- Dying old as a social problem / John Lachs -- Community, autonomy, and managed care / Jacquelyn Ann K. Kegley