The American Journal of Bioethics, Volume 19, Issue 10 (2019)

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Guest Editorials

Editorial
Concerning the Basic Idea that the Wish to End Suffering Legitimates Physician Aid in Dying for Psychiatric Patients
Suzanne van de Vathorst
Pages: 1-2
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Parity Arguments for ‘Physician Aid-in-Dying’ (PAD) for Psychiatric Disorders: Their Structure and Limits
Marie E. Nicolini, Chris Gastmans & Scott Y. H. Kim
Pages: 3-7
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Editorial
Medical Aid-in-Dying is an Ethical and Important End-of-Life Care Option
Dan Diaz
Pages: 8-9
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Editorial
The Genetic Revolution Highlights the Importance of Nondiscriminatory and Comprehensive Health Insurance Coverage
Jonathan Gruber
Pages: 10-11
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Editorial
TV Writers and Producers and Ethics: How Can I Help?
Eric Manheimer
Pages: 12-14
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Editorial
The Moral Choices on CRISPR Babies
Sheldon Krimsky
Pages: 15-16
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Editorial
Medically Unnecessary Genital Cutting and the Rights of the Child: Moving Toward Consensus
The Brussels Collaboration on Bodily Integrity
Pages: 17-28
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Target Article

Article
Physician Aid-in-Dying and Suicide Prevention in Psychiatry: A Moral Crisis?
Brent M. Kious & Margaret (Peggy) Battin
Pages: 29-39
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Open Peer Commentaries

Article Commentary
Moralities of Method: Putting Normative Arguments in Their (Social and Cultural) Place
Raymond De Vries
Pages: 40-42
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Article Commentary
“When the Fall Is All There Is…”: Refocusing on the Critical (Unique?) Characteristic of “Dying” in Physician Aid-in-Dying
Virginia L. Bartlett & Stuart G. Finder
Pages: 43-46
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Article Commentary
The Unbearable Burden of Suffering: Moral Crisis or Structural Failure?
Courtney S. Campbell
Pages: 46-47
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Article Commentary
Why Normative Judgment Is Inescapable
Govert den Hartogh
Pages: 48-50
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Article Commentary
Kious and Battin’s Dilemma Resolved: Outlaw Physician Aid-in-Dying
Charles Foster
Pages: 50-51
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Article Commentary
Social Determinants of Mental Health and Physician Aid-in-Dying: The Real Moral Crisis
Anita Ho & Joshua S. Norman
Pages: 52-54
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Deep Uncertainties in the Criteria for Physician Aid-in-Dying for Psychiatric Patients
Tomasz Żuradzki & Piotr Grzegorz Nowak
Pages: 54-56
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Article Commentary
Euthanasia for Mental Suffering Reduces Stigmatization But May Lead to an Extension of This Practice Without Safeguards
A. Le Glaz, S. Berrouiguet, Deok-Hee Kim-Dufor, M. Walter & C. Lemey
Pages: 57-59
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Article Commentary
Irremediability Is Key
SMP van Veen & JJM van Delden
Pages: 59-60
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Article Commentary
Physician Aid-in-Dying for Individuals With Serious Mental Illness: Clarifying Decision-Making Capacity and Psychiatric Futility
Rocksheng Zhong, Yingcheng Xu, Maria A. Oquendo & Dominic A. Sisti
Pages: 61-63
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Article Commentary
Evaluating PAD Requests in Psychiatry: The Importance of Involving Others
Suzanne Metselaar, Gerben Meynen, Yolande Voskes & Guy Widdershoven
Pages: 63-65
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Article Commentary
When a Theoretical Commitment to Broad Physician Aid-in-Dying Faces the Reality of Its Implementation
Trudo Lemmens
Pages: 65-68
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Article Commentary
Physician Aid-in-Dying and Suicide Prevention in Psychiatry: A Moral Imperative Over a Crisis
Bethany C. Calkins & Keith M. Swetz
Pages: 68-70
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Target Article

Article
Reweighing the Ethical Tradeoffs in the Involuntary Hospitalization of Suicidal Patients
Adam Borecky, Calvin Thomsen & Alex Dubov
Pages: 71-83
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Open Peer Commentaries

Article Commentary
What If They Say No?
Mark Ard
Pages: 84-86
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Article Commentary
Decision-Making Capacity Will Have a Limited Effect on Civil Commitment Practices
Rocksheng Zhong, Dominic A. Sisti & Jason Karlawish
Pages: 86-88
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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“I Don’t Want to Go on Living This Way”: Desire for Hastened Death and the Ethics of Involuntary Hospitalization
Kasia Tolwinski, Andrei Nemoianu, Andreea Bucaloiu, Joseph Venditto, F. Daniel Davis & Jennifer K. Wagner
Pages: 88-90
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Article Commentary
Involuntary Hospitalization of Suicidal Patients: Time for New Answers to Basic Questions?
Stefan Priebe
Pages: 90-92
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Article Commentary
Taking Off the Blinders: The Critical Phase of Suicidality Doesn’t End With Discharge From Inpatient Treatment
Christian G. Huber, Stefan Borgwardt, Undine E. Lang & Andres R. Schneeberger
Pages: 93-94
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Article Commentary
The Ethics of Suicide in Mental Illness: Novel Neuroscientific Perspectives
Gin S. Malhi
Pages: 94-96
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Case Report

Case Report
A Pragmatic Trial of Suicide Risk Assessment and Ambulance Transport Decision Making Among Emergency Medical Services Providers: Implications for Patient Consent
Benjamin S. Wilfond, Jennifer Zabrowski & Liza-Marie Johnson
Pages: 97-98
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Case Commentaries

Article Commentary
Improving Care for Suicidal Patients While Protecting Human Subjects: Addressing Ethical Challenges in Mental Health Research Involving Emergency Medical Services Providers
Christopher R. DeCou, Seema K. Shah & Kathryn M. Porter
Pages: 99-101
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Article Commentary
A Stepwise Approach to Ethically Assess Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Trials: Implications for Informed Consent for Suicide Prevention Implementation Research
Cory E. Goldstein & Charles Weijer
Pages: 101-103
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Article Commentary
Informed Consent in a Pragmatic Emergency Suicide Trial: Rejecting the Research–Practice Distinction
Kristin Canavera & Kendra Parris
Pages: 103-105
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Article Commentary
A Pragmatic Trial for Emergency Medical Service Providers’ Prehospital Response to Suidality: Consent Is Not Essential, but Limited Patient Engagement May Be Meaningful
Neal W. Dickert
Pages: 105-107
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Case Report

Case Report
A Cluster Randomized Trial to Screen for Abusive Head Trauma in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit—How to Manage Site-Specific Evidence of Racial/Ethnic Disparity
Liza-Marie Johnson, Jennifer Zabrowski & Benjamin S. Wilfond
Pages: 108-109
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Case Commentaries

Article Commentary
Issues of Justice and Risk: Setting Stopping Criteria in Cluster-Randomized Trials
Emma Tumilty & Jeffrey S. Farroni
Pages: 110-111
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Clinical Trials Not Causing Harm With Potential for Realizing Benefit Should Continue
Brian Michael Jackson
Pages: 112-114
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Responding to Implicit Bias in Abusive Head Trauma Evaluations and Reporting in the PICU: Ethical Consideration During a Clinical Trial
Jennifer B. McCormick & Kent P. Hymel
Pages: 114-115
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Book Reviews

Book Review
Review of Thomas H. Murray, Good Sport: Why Our Games Matter and How Doping Undermines Them
Craig Klugman
Pages: W1-W2
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Elevating How Americans Talk About Abortion: Review of Katie Watson’s Scarlet A
Alyssa M. Burgart
Pages: W3-W4
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Letter to the Editor

A Model Ethics Board for Innovative Practice and Centers of Excellence
Jeffrey P. Spike & Kenneth Moise
Pages: W5-W8
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Correspondence

The Ethics of Nudging and Beyond: Response to Commentaries
Bart Engelen
Pages: W9-W13
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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Open Access
Response to Open Peer Commentaries on “Physician Aid-in-Dying and Suicide Prevention in Psychiatry”
Brent M. Kious & Margaret Pabst Battin
Pages: W14-W17
Published online: 26 Sep 2019
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