The American Journal of Bioethics, Volume 16, Issue 2 (2016)

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Editorial

Restricting Choices of Childbearing Women
Bela Fishbeyn
Pages: 1-2
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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Fetal Risks, Relative Risks, and Relatives' Risks
Howard Minkoff & Mary Faith Marshall
Pages: 3-11
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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Fetal Risk, Fetal Purity, and the Perils Posed by Pregnant Women
Debra A. DeBruin
Pages: 12-14
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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Protecting Intended Children From Harmful Prenatal Conduct
John Robertson
Pages: 14-15
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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It Matters That Prenatal Humans Are Not Constitutional Persons
Lawrence Nelson
Pages: 15-17
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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For Whom the Burden Tolls: Gender and the Unequal Management of Fetal Risks and Parental Expectations
Leslie Ann McNolty & Jeremy R. Garrett
Pages: 17-19
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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Regulating Risk and the Boundaries of State Conduct: A Relational Perspective on Home Birth in Australia
Jindalae K. Skerman & Ainsley J. Newson
Pages: 19-21
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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Pregnancy and the Culture of Extreme Risk Aversion
Angela Ballantyne, Colin Gavaghan, John McMillan & Sue Pullon
Pages: 21-23
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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The Invisible Pregnant Woman
Kavita Shah Arora & Jonah Fleisher
Pages: 23-25
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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Relative Risk and Relatives' Risks in Genomic Medicine
Angela Fenwick, Shiri Shkedi-Rafid & Anneke Lucassen
Pages: 25-27
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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Parental Obligations Regarding Fetal Risk: Finding the Appropriate Analogy
Janet Malek
Pages: 27-28
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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Fetal Risks and Religious Obligations
Ari Z. Zivotofsky & Alan B. Jotkowitz
Pages: 28-30
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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Article Commentary
Reducing Unreasonable Bias and Risk in Decisions Regarding the Care of Pregnant Women
Constance K. Perry
Pages: 30-31
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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Article Commentary
Ambiguous Interests: Maternal Desires and Fetal Interests
Peter Maloy Koch
Pages: 31-33
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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Article
The Porosity of Autonomy: Social and Biological Constitution of the Patient in Biomedicine
Jonathan Beever & Nicolae Morar
Pages: 34-45
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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Article Commentary
The Irrelevance of Ontology for the Ethics of Autonomy
Shlomo Cohen
Pages: 46-47
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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Porous or Contextualized Autonomy? Knowledge Can Empower Autonomous Moral Agents
Eric Racine & Veljko Dubljević
Pages: 48-50
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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Reinterpreting Respect for Relationally and Biologically Informed Autonomy
Alistair Wardrope
Pages: 50-52
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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Expanding the Biological Critique to Address the Influence of the Endocrine System
Matthew Reisman
Pages: 52-54
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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Article Commentary
Microbes and Medical Decisions
Michael J. Deem
Pages: 55-56
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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Don't Throw Out the Baby of Autonomy: Talk to the Mother Instead
Charles Foster
Pages: 57-59
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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The Myth of the Individual
Lorraine Code
Pages: 59-60
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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How To Think About the Individual as a Nonautonomous Community
Chelsea Haramia
Pages: 61-62
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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Article Commentary
The Complexity of Relational Autonomy: A Holistic Approach to Embodiment
Tereza Hendl
Pages: 63-65
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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Idealist–Atomist Autonomy and the Commercialization of Biomedicine
Miran Epstein
Pages: 65-67
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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Case Summary

Introduction
Parental Neglect or Appropriate End-of-Life Care?
Jeffrey Spike & Anita J. Tarzian
Pages: 68-69
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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Commentary From a Pediatric Complexologist and a Pediatric Palliative Care and Ethics Consultant
Carl Tapia & Jill Ann Jarrell
Pages: 70-71
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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Thoughtfulness and Grace: End-of-Life Decision Making for Children With Severe Developmental Disabilities
Patrick M. Jones
Pages: 72-73
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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When Physicians and a Parent Conflict on When to Limit Treatment for a Child With Significant Disabilities
Teresa A. Savage & Debra M. Michalak
Pages: 73-75
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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Introduction
Alone and Saying No
Jeffrey Spike & Anita J. Tarzian
Pages: 76-77
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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Another Kind of Diversity: Honoring—or Not—the Decisions of People Who Refuse Care
Marc Tunzi
Pages: 78-79
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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The CASES Approach to Ethics Consultation: The Centrality of the Ethics Question
Cynthia Geppert & Barbara L. Chanko
Pages: 80-82
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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Incapacitated and Surrogateless Patients: Decision Making for the Surrogateless Patient: An Attempt to Improve Decision Making
David L. Williamson, Jason Lesandrini & Jinu Kamdar
Pages: 83-85
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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Book Reviews

Book Review
The Age of Unreason: A Review of Jane Maienschein, Embryos Under the Microscope
Megan Allyse
Pages: W1-W2
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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Book Review
Binocularity in Bioethics—and Beyond: A Review of Erik Parens, Shaping Our Selves: On Technology, Flourishing, and a Habit of Thinking
Brian D. Earp & Michael Hauskeller
Pages: W3-W6
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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Correspondence

The Role of Patient Perspectives in Clinical Research Ethics and Policy: Response to Open Peer Commentaries on “Patient Perspectives on the Learning Health System”
Maureen Kelley, Cyan James, Stephanie Alessi Kraft, Diane Korngiebel, Isabelle Wijangco, Steven Joffe, Mildred K. Cho, Benjamin Wilfond & Sandra Soo-Jin Lee
Pages: W7-W9
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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A Response to the Open Peer Commentaries on “Young People's Experiences of Participation in Clinical Trials: Reasons for Taking Part”
Malou Luchtenberg, Els Maeckelberghe, Louise Locock, Lesley Powell & A. A. Eduard Verhagen
Pages: W10-W12
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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Response to Open Peer Commentaries on “Fetal Risks, Relative Risks, and Relatives' Risks”
Howard Minkoff & Mary Faith Marshall
Page: W13
Published online: 01 Feb 2016
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