The American Journal of Bioethics, Volume 16, Issue 4 (2016)

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Editorial

The Unbearable Whiteness of Bioethics: Exhorting Bioethicists to Address Racism
Kayhan Parsi
Pages: 1-2
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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Article
Bioethicists Can and Should Contribute to Addressing Racism
Marion Danis, Yolonda Wilson & Amina White
Pages: 3-12
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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Open Peer Commentaries

Article Commentary
Racism and Bioethics: Experiences and Reflections
John R. Stone
Pages: 13-15
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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Article Commentary
Race and Bioethics: Bioethical Engagement With a Four-Letter Subject
Robert Baker
Pages: 16-18
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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Article Commentary
Bioethics Skill Sets Can Work, But It Would Take Moral Courage to Apply Them and Get Desired Results
Stephen Sodeke
Pages: 19-21
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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Article Commentary
The Really New Jim Crow: Why Bioethicists Must Ally With Undocumented Immigrants
Mark Kuczewski
Pages: 21-23
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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Article Commentary
Racism and Bioethics: Are We Part of the Problem?
Anita Ho
Pages: 23-25
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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Article Commentary
Keeping an Eye on Power in Maintaining Racial Oppression and Race-Based Violence
Katrina Karkazis, Laura Mamo & Ugo Edu
Pages: 25-27
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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Article Commentary
My Bioethics Will Be Intersectional or It Will Be [Bleep]
Patrick R. Grzanka, Jenny Dyck Brian & Janet K. Shim
Pages: 27-29
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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Article Commentary
Policy, Advocacy, and Activism: On Bioethicists' Role in Combating Racism
Lisa L. Fuller
Pages: 29-31
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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Article Commentary
Bioethicist or Philosopher King?
Melissa Weddle
Pages: 31-33
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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Article Commentary
The Role of Historically Black Medical Schools in Expanding the Purview of Bioethics
Abbas Rattani
Pages: 33-35
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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Target Article

Article
An Ethical Exploration of Barriers to Research on Controlled Drugs
Michael H. Andreae, Evelyn Rhodes, Tyler Bourgoise, George M. Carter, Robert S. White, Debbie Indyk, Henry Sacks & Rosamond Rhodes
Pages: 36-47
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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Article Commentary
NIDA's Pharmacologic Calvinism
Ruth Macklin
Pages: 48-49
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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Research on Controlled Drug Use: A Paradigm for Public Health Research in Sustainable Health
Evert van Leeuwen
Pages: 50-52
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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Article Commentary
Justice and Research on Controlled Substances With HIV+ Persons
Leslie Francis & John Francis
Pages: 52-54
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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Article Commentary
Barriers To Research Using Controlled Drugs Are Not Created Equal
Andrew Plunk & Paul T. Harrell
Pages: 54-56
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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Article Commentary
Supervised Controlled Substance Use
Danton Char
Pages: 56-58
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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Article Commentary
Changes Need To Be Made To Make Research More Feasible on Scheduled Drugs for Recreational Purposes as Well
Jay Brenner
Pages: 58-60
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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Article Commentary
Research Moratoria and Off-Label Use of Ketamine
Andrea Segal & Dominic Sisti
Pages: 60-61
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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Case Description

Introduction
Obligations to Act on Patient Reported Outcomes in Electronic Health Records
Page: 62
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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Case Commentaries

Article Commentary
Informed Consent for PROs in EHR Research: Are Additional Requirements Necessary?
Danielle Whicher & Emily Evans
Pages: 63-65
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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Article Commentary
Patient Reported Outcomes at the Crossroads of Clinical Research and Informatics
Eric S. Swirsky & Andrew D. Boyd
Pages: 65-66
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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Article Commentary
PROs in the Balance: Ethical Implications of Collecting Patient Reported Outcome Measures in the Electronic Health Record
Joshua S. Crites, Cynthia Chuang, Anne Dimmock, Wenke Hwang, Bobbie Johannes, Anuradha Paranjape & Albert W. Wu
Pages: 67-68
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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Case Description

Introduction
Selecting Children for an Autism Spectrum Disorder Study: Justice and Geography
Pages: 69-70
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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Article Commentary
Fair Participant Selection: A Negative Obligation Not to Exclude
Stephanie C. Chen
Pages: 71-72
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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Article Commentary
Unequal Individual Risk and Potential Benefit Balanced by Benefits to the Population at Large in Autism Clinical Trials?
Mark A. Stein & Bryan H. King
Pages: 72-74
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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Justice in Selecting Participants for a Study in Phelan–McDermid Syndrome
Rosamond Rhodes & Alex Kolevzon
Pages: 74-76
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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Correspondence

Research With Controlled Drugs: Why and Why Not? Response to Open Peer Commentaries on “An Ethical Exploration of Barriers to Research on Controlled Drugs”
Michael H. Andreae, Evelyn Rhodes, Tyler Bourgoise, George M. Carter, Robert S. White, Debbie Indyk, Henry Sacks & Rosamond Rhodes
Pages: W1-W3
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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The Porosity of Autonomy: (Some) Replies to Open Peer Commentaries on “The Porosity of Autonomy: Social and Biological Constitution of the Patient in Biomedicine”
Jonathan Beever & Nicolae Morar
Pages: W4-W6
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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Letter to the Editor

Art Caplan's Missed Opportunity to Engage Across Difference on Abortion
Charles C. Camosy
Pages: W7-W8
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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Response to Letter to the Editor

A Panglossian Analysis of the Abortion Controversy
Arthur Caplan
Page: W9
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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Book Reviews

Book Review
Review of E. N. Dorff and L. Zoloth, eds., Jews and Genes: The Genetic Future in Contemporary Jewish Thought1
Y. M. Barilan
Pages: W10-W11
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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Book Review
Review of Stem Cell Dialogues by Sheldon Krimsky1
Paul S. Knoepfler
Pages: W12-W13
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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Book Review
Review of Let Me Heal: The Opportunity to Preserve Excellence in American Medicine, by Kenneth M. Ludmerer
Joseph J. Fins
Pages: W14-W15
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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Book Review
Review of Ezekiel Emanuel, Reinventing American Health Care1
Jennie H. Kwon
Pages: W16-W18
Published online: 16 Mar 2016
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