List of contributors

Introduction

Stefan N. Willich

Susanna Elm

I. Historical Perspectives

Developments in Ancient Medicine - Models for Today's Challenges? Contemporary Medicine and the Christianisation of the Roman Elite-a Parallel

Susanna Elm

``Dying Well'' and the Doctors

Thomas W. laqueur

II. From Alternative to Integrative Medicine

Complementary Care in the United States

David Riley

Alternative Medicine in Germany - Personal Views of a Critical Observer

Henning Albrecht

III. Restructuring Health Care Systems

Rationing Health Care in Germany: Constitutional Opportunities and Limits

Martin Nettesheim

Structural Changes in Health Care Systems - the Advent of ``e-Healthcare''

Stefan N. Willich

IV. New Technologies

Minimally Invasive Robotic Telesurgery

Frank Tendick

S. Shankar Sastry

The Strange Case of Molecular Medicine - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Revisited

Martin Paul

V. Ethical Reflections

Ethical Dilemmas in Medicine at the Beginning and the end of Life

Dieter Koch-Weser

The Idea of Progress in Medical Ethics