The American Journal of Bioethics, Volume 19, Issue 6 (2019)

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Guest Editorials

Editorial
Knowing One’s Way Around: The Challenge of Identifying and Overseeing Innovations in Patient Care
George J. Agich
Pages: 1-3
Published online: 28 May 2019
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Editorial
Expanding, Augmenting, and Operationalizing Ethical and Regulatory Considerations for Using Social Media Platforms in Research and Health Care
John Torous, Lyle Ungar & Ian Barnett
Pages: 4-6
Published online: 28 May 2019
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Target Article

Article
Innovative Practice, Clinical Research, and the Ethical Advancement of Medicine
Jake Earl
Pages: 7-18
Published online: 28 May 2019
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Open Peer Commentaries

Article Commentary
Innovation in a Learning Healthcare System
Henry S. Sacks & Rosamond Rhodes
Pages: 19-21
Published online: 28 May 2019
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Article Commentary
Preapproval Nontrial Access and Off-Label Use: Do They Meet Criteria for Dual-Deviation Review?
Carolyn Riley Chapman, Kelly McBride Folkers, Andrew McFadyen, Lesha D. Shah & Alison Bateman-House
Pages: 22-25
Published online: 28 May 2019
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Article Commentary
Have We Made Progress in Identifying (Surgical) Innovation?
Giles Birchley, Richard Huxtable, Jonathan Ives & Jane Blazeby
Pages: 25-27
Published online: 28 May 2019
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Article Commentary
Details Matter—Definitions and Context Can’t Be Glossed Over When Managing Innovation
Jane Johnson, Katrina Hutchison & Wendy A. Rogers
Pages: 28-29
Published online: 28 May 2019
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Article Commentary
Profit Motives Require a Proscriptive Approach
Casey Jo Humbyrd & Matthew Wynia
Pages: 30-31
Published online: 28 May 2019
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Article Commentary
Regulating Clinical Innovation: Trachea Transplants and Tissue Engineering
Gardar Arnason
Pages: 32-34
Published online: 28 May 2019
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Article Commentary
The Surgeon-in-Chief Should Oversee Innovative Surgical Practice
Sunit Das & Martin McKneally
Pages: 34-36
Published online: 28 May 2019
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Article Commentary
Let Us Not Take the Ethics Out of Innovative Practice: A Case Against Institutional Review
Eline M. Bunnik
Pages: 36-38
Published online: 28 May 2019
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Article Commentary
Advancing Medicine Ethically: Important Considerations for Innovative Practice
Sarah Haines, Michael Savic & Adrian Carter
Pages: 38-40
Published online: 28 May 2019
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Article Commentary
Innovative Practice Outside of Medical Institutions
Anna Wexler
Pages: 41-42
Published online: 28 May 2019
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Article Commentary
Innovative Practice in Latin America: Medical Tourism and the Crowding Out of Research
Felicitas Holzer & Ignacio Mastroleo
Pages: 42-44
Published online: 28 May 2019
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Article Commentary
Why the Duty to Research Falls on Institutions Rather Than Individuals
Victor Laurion & Christopher Robertson
Pages: 44-46
Published online: 28 May 2019
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Target Article

Article
Ethical and Regulatory Considerations for Using Social Media Platforms to Locate and Track Research Participants
Ananya Bhatia-Lin, Alexandra Boon-Dooley, Michelle K. Roberts, Caroline Pronai, Dylan Fisher, Lea Parker, Allison Engstrom, Leah Ingraham & Doyanne Darnell
Pages: 47-61
Published online: 28 May 2019
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Open Peer Commentaries

Article Commentary
Social Media as an Ethical Tool for Retention in Clinical Trials
Luke Gelinas & Barbara E. Bierer
Pages: 62-64
Published online: 28 May 2019
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Article Commentary
Mountains and Molehills When Using Social Media as a Research Support Tool
Holly Fernandez Lynch & Emily A. Largent
Pages: 64-66
Published online: 28 May 2019
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Article Commentary
Research Participant Communication Via Social Media Platforms Remains Risky
Joseph Spino
Pages: 66-68
Published online: 28 May 2019
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Article Commentary
Involving Families and Children in Online Research
Calvin W. L. Ho, Katharine Wright & Karel Caals
Pages: 68-71
Published online: 28 May 2019
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Article Commentary
Promoting Justice in Locating and Tracking Research Participants Through Social Media
Michael J. DiStefano, Yonaira M. Rivera, Johannes Thrul & Joseph Ali
Pages: 71-73
Published online: 28 May 2019
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Article Commentary
Ethics of Recruiting Research Subjects Through Social Media
Brittany N. Ferrigno & Robert M. Sade
Pages: 73-75
Published online: 28 May 2019
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Article Commentary
A Paradox of Choice and Opportunity in the Social Mediated Participant Recruitment Space: Opportunities and Caveats
Sheena M. Eagan, Erika K. Johnson & Liam X. N. Eagan
Pages: 76-78
Published online: 28 May 2019
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Book Review

Book Review
Review of Christopher Meyers, The Professional Ethics Toolkit
Kayhan Parsi
Pages: W1-W2
Published online: 28 May 2019
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Correspondence

Watchful Waiting Doesn’t Mean No Puberty Blockers, and Moving Beyond Watchful Waiting
Florence Ashley
Pages: W3-W4
Published online: 28 May 2019
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Withholding Versus Withdrawing Treatment: Why Medical Guidelines Should Omit “Theoretical Equivalence”
Lars Øystein Ursin
Pages: W5-W9
Published online: 28 May 2019
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Response to Commentaries on “Transgender Children and the Right to Transition”
Maura M. Priest
Pages: W10-W15
Published online: 28 May 2019
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