The American Journal of Bioethics, Volume 15, Issue 4 (2015)

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Editorial

Ideology and Microbiology: Ebola, Science, and Deliberative Democracy
Joseph J. Fins
Pages: 1-3
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Target Article

Article
Selecting the Right Tool For the Job
Arthur L. Caplan, Carolyn Plunkett & Bruce Levin
Pages: 4-10
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Article
Examining the Ethics of Clinical Use of Unproven Interventions Outside of Clinical Trials During the Ebola Epidemic
Seema K. Shah, David Wendler & Marion Danis
Pages: 11-16
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Article
Kaci Hickox: Public Health and the Politics of Fear
Steven H. Miles
Pages: 17-19
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Article
Ebola, Team Communication, and Shame: But Shame on Whom?
Sarah E. Shannon
Pages: 20-25
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Article
Caring for the Suffering: Meeting the Ebola Crisis Responsibly
Philip M. Rosoff
Pages: 26-32
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Open Peer Commentaries

Article Commentary
Right Job, Wrong Tool: A Commentary on Designing Clinical Trials for Ebola Virus Disease
Robert M. Nelson, Michelle Roth-Cline, Kevin Prohaska, Edward Cox, Luciana Borio & Robert Temple
Pages: 33-36
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Article Commentary
Controlling Ebola Trials
Joseph Millum
Pages: 36-37
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Article Commentary
Thoughts on Alternative Designs for Clinical Trials for Ebola Treatment Research
Ronald Waldman & Phillip Nieburg
Pages: 38-40
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Article Commentary
Expand the Toolkit!
Thomas A. Louis
Pages: 40-42
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Article Commentary
Impure Politics and Pure Science: Efficacious Ebola Medications Are Only a Palliation and Not a Cure for Structural Disadvantage
Chris Degeling, Jane Johnson & Christopher Mayes
Pages: 43-45
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Article Commentary
Not All RCTs Are Created Equal: Lessons From Early AIDS Trials
Liza Dawson
Pages: 45-47
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Article Commentary
The Goals of Research During an Epidemic
Annette Rid
Pages: 47-50
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Article Commentary
Placing and Evaluating Unproven Interventions Within a Clinical Ethical Taxonomy of Treatments for Ebola Virus Disease
Nathan G. Allen, Jennifer S. Blumenthal-Barby & Laurence B. McCullough
Pages: 50-53
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Article Commentary
In Particular Circumstances Attempting Unproven Interventions Is Permissible and Even Obligatory
Bruce D. White, Luke C. Gelinas & Wayne N. Shelton
Pages: 53-55
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Article Commentary
Infection Control Measures and Debts of Gratitude
Diego S. Silva & A. M. Viens
Pages: 55-57
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Article Commentary
Health Communication, Public Mistrust, and the Politics of “Rationality”
Sara M. Bergstresser
Pages: 57-59
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Article Commentary
Working Side By Side, But Not Talking Enough: Accident Causation in the Emergency Department Care of Thomas Eric Duncan
Thomas E. Robey & Jay M. Brenner
Pages: 59-62
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Article Commentary
Communication and Communicable Disease Control: Lessons From Ebola Virus Disease
Gwendolyn Lesley Gilbert & Ian Kerridge
Pages: 62-65
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Article Commentary
Heightened Vulnerability, Reduced Oversight, and Ethical Breaches on the Internet in the West African Ebola Epidemic
C. Raina MacIntyre & Joanne F. Travaglia
Pages: 65-68
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Open Access
Article Commentary
Everyday Ethics and Ebola: Planning for the Unlikely
Carla C. Keirns
Pages: 68-70
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Article Commentary
Weighing the Importance of Palliation of Symptoms for Ebola Patients During the Epidemic in West Africa
Marion Danis
Pages: 70-72
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Article Commentary
Accountability and Public Health Policies Impacting Proper Ebola Response: Time for a Bioethics Oversight Board
Ramin Asgary
Pages: 72-74
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Introduction

Introduction
Challenging Cases in Research Ethics
Holly A. Taylor, Ellen Kuwana & Benjamin S. Wilfond
Page: 75
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Case Description

Case Report
Navigating Parental Permission for Neonatal Research
Holly A. Taylor, Ellen Kuwana & Benjamin S. Wilfond
Page: 76
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Case Commentaries

Article Commentary
Informed Consent and Parental Permission for Research: Rules, Roles, and Relationships
Robin N. Fiore & Reid Cushman
Pages: 77-78
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Article Commentary
Research Involving Premature Infants: Timing Is Everything
Leah R. Eisenberg
Pages: 79-80
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Article Commentary
Precluding Consent by Clinicians Who Are Both the Attending and the Investigator: An Outdated Shibboleth?
Anita Shah, Kathryn Porter, Sandra Juul & Benjamin S. Wilfond
Pages: 80-82
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Case Description

Case Report
Protecting Research Subject Welfare in Preventive Trials for Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer's Disease
Holly A. Taylor, Ellen Kuwana & Benjamin S. Wilfond
Pages: 83-84
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Case Commentaries

Article Commentary
When There Are Only Two Who Can Tango: Ethical Concerns at the Juncture of Highly Novel Interventions and Precisely Targeted Research Populations
Mark Yarborough
Pages: 85-86
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Article Commentary
Conceptualization and Assessment of Vulnerability in a Complex International Alzheimer's Research Study
Stanley Korenman, Stuart G. Finder & John M. Ringman
Pages: 87-89
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Article Commentary
Barriers and Facilitators to the Consent Process in a Study of Complex Genetic Factors
Anne R. Simpson
Pages: 89-90
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Book Review

Book Review
Review of The Bioethics of Pain Management: Beyond Opioids by Daniel S. Goldberg
Reviewed by Megan Crowley-Matoka & Robert M. Arnold
Pages: W1-W3
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Correspondence

Response to Open Peer Commentaries on “Caring for the Suffering: Meeting the Ebola Crisis Responsibly”
Philip M. Rosoff
Pages: W4-W7
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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The Perfect Must Not Overwhelm the Good: Response to Open Peer Commentaries on “Selecting the Right Tool For the Job”
Arthur L. Caplan, Carolyn Plunkett & Bruce Levin
Pages: W8-W10
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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