1. Introduction / Sara Fovargue and Alexandra Mullock
2. Transforming wrong into right : what is 'proper medical treatment'? / Margaret Brazier and Sara Fovargue
3. What do we mean by 'proper' medical treatment? / Lucy Frith
4. Papist potions and electric sex : a historical perspective on 'proper medical treatment' / Barry Lyons
5. Moralising medicine : 'proper medical treatment' and the role of ethics and law in medical decision-making / Jose Miola
6. Family perspectives on 'proper medical treatment' for people in prolonged vegetative and minimally conscious states / Celia Kitzinger and Jenny Kitzinger
7. The medical exception and cosmetic surgery : culpable doctors and harmful enhancement? / Danielle Griffiths and Alexandra Mullock
8. Locating lawful abortion on the spectrum of 'proper medical treatment' / Mary Neal
9. Death on demand : 'proper medical treatment'? / Richard Huxtable
10. Doctors' orders? Analysing appropriate medical treatment in mental health law / Judy Laing
11. The economics of 'proper medical treatment' / Cam Donaldson, Rachel Baker, and Neil McHugh
12. Rationing, resource allocation, and appropriate medical treatment / Keith Syrett
13. Comments and reflections on 'proper medical treatment' : a case for coherent inconsistency / John Coggon.