Military Medical Ethics in Contemporary Armed Conflict

Michael L. Gross is Professor of Political Science at The University of Haifa, Israel, specializing in military ethics and military medical ethics and related questions of national security. His articles have appeared in numerous prominent journals, and his books include Ethics and Activism (Cambridge, 1997), Bioethics and Armed Conflict (MIT Press, 2006), Moral Dilemmas of Modern War (Cambridge, 2010); The Ethics of Insurgency (Cambridge, 2015) and two edited volumes, Military Medical Ethics for the 21st Century (Routledge, 2013) and Soft War (Cambridge, 2017). He is editor of the Routledge book series War, Conflict and Ethics and has led workshops on battlefield ethics, medicine, and national security for the Dutch Ministry of Defense, The US Army Medical Department, the Defence Medical Services (UK), The US Naval Academy, the Israel Defense Forces and the International Committee of Military Medicine.

Introduction
Part I: THEORY: Military Medical Ethics and Just War
Chapter 1: The Principles of Military Medical Ethics
Chapter 2: Patient Rights and Practitioner Duties
Chapter 3: Moral Reasoning in Military Medical Ethics

Part II: ON THE BATTLEFIELD: Caring for the Wounded of War
Chapter 4: Military Medicine in Contemporary Armed Conflict: Iraq and Afghanistan Revisited
Chapter 5: Combat Casualty Care
Chapter 6: Detainees and Prisoners of War
Chapter 7: Care and Compensation for Civilian Victims of War

Part III: OFF THE BATTLEFIELD: Medicine as Weapon of War
Chapter 8: Military Medical Research and Experimentation
Chapter 9: Warfighter Enhancement: Research and Technology
Chapter 10: Medical Diplomacy and the Battle for Hearts and Minds

Part IV: AFTERWAR: Post-War Justice and the Responsibility to Rebuild
Chapter 11: Post-War Health Reconstruction
Chapter 12: Veteran Healthcare
Conclusion: Military Medical Ethics and Just War: The 21st Century