The American Journal of Bioethics, Volume 11, Issue 6 (2011)

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The American Journal of Bioethics, Volume 11, Issue 6 (2011)

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Editorial

Article
Fat Chance Getting an Obstetrician in South Florida? Ethics and Discrimination in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Glenn McGee
Pages: 1-2
Published online: 13 Jun 2011
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Article
It's Time for Bioethics to See Chronic Pain as an Ethical Issue
Myra J. Christopher
Pages: 3-4
Published online: 13 Jun 2011
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Target Article

Article
Relative Versus Absolute Standards for Everyday Risk in Adolescent HIV Prevention Trials: Expanding the Debate
Jeremy Snyder, Cari L. Miller & Glenda Gray
Pages: 5-13
Published online: 13 Jun 2011
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Open Peer Commentaries

Article
A Relative Standard for Minimal Risk is Unnecessary and Potentially Harmful to Children: Lessons from the Phambili Trial
Robert M. Nelson
Pages: 14-16
Published online: 13 Jun 2011
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(Un)Risky Business: Adolescents and HIV Prevention Trials
Sean Philpott
Pages: 17-19
Published online: 13 Jun 2011
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Article
Reopening Old Divisions
David B. Resnik
Pages: 19-21
Published online: 13 Jun 2011
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Article
Why We Don't Need a Relative Risk Standard for Adolescent HIV Vaccine Trials in South Africa
Catherine M. Slack
Pages: 21-22
Published online: 13 Jun 2011
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The Dangers of Using a Relative Risk Standard for Minimal Risk
Seema Shah
Pages: 22-23
Published online: 13 Jun 2011
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Article
Uniqueness, Exploitation, and Relative Risk Standards in Adolescent Research
Janet Malek
Pages: 23-25
Published online: 13 Jun 2011
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Article
Minimal Risk Remains an Open Question
Ariella Binik, Charles Weijer & Mark Sheehan
Pages: 25-27
Published online: 13 Jun 2011
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The Concept of Minimal Risk: The Need for Better Guidance on the Ethics Review Process
Kyoko Wada
Pages: 27-29
Published online: 13 Jun 2011
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Regulating “Higher Risk, No Direct Benefit” Studies in Minors
Anna E. Westra, Jan M. Wit, Rám N. Sukhai & Inez D. de Beaufort
Pages: 29-31
Published online: 13 Jun 2011
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Target Article

Article
Is Continuous Sedation at the End of Life an Ethically Preferable Alternative to Physician-Assisted Suicide?
Kasper Raus, Sigrid Sterckx & Freddy Mortier
Pages: 32-40
Published online: 13 Jun 2011
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Open Peer Commentaries

Article
Palliative Sedation: It's Not a Panacea
Alexander A. Kon
Pages: 41-42
Published online: 13 Jun 2011
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Additional Reasons for Not Viewing Continuous Sedation as Preferable Alternative for Physician-Assisted Suicide
Suzanne van de Vathorst & Maartje Schermer
Pages: 43-44
Published online: 13 Jun 2011
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Article
Elimination of Pain Versus Elimination of Suffering: Why CDS Is Ethically Preferable to PAS
Peter Shiu-Hwa Tsu
Pages: 45-46
Published online: 13 Jun 2011
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Article
Clarifying the Ethics of Continuous Sedation
Jeffrey T. Berger
Pages: 46-47
Published online: 13 Jun 2011
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Article
The Lacking of Moral Equivalency for Continuous Sedation and PAS
Samuel H. LiPuma
Pages: 48-49
Published online: 13 Jun 2011
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Article
Continuous Deep Sedation: Consistent With Physician's Role as Healer
Eli Feen
Pages: 49-51
Published online: 13 Jun 2011
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Article
A Death of One's Own: The Perils and Pitfalls of Continuous Sedation as the Ethical Alternative to Lethal Prescription
Ben A. Rich
Pages: 52-53
Published online: 13 Jun 2011
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Article
If Suicide is Painless, is Painlessness Suicide?
Iain Brassington
Pages: 54-55
Published online: 13 Jun 2011
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Article
Assisted Suicide is Compatible with Medical Ethos
Angela K. Martin, Alex Mauron & Samia A. Hurst
Pages: 55-57
Published online: 13 Jun 2011
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Article
Ethically Preferable Alternative Practice: “No”; A Preferable, Head-to-Head Analytical Approach: “Maybe”
Jeffrey Kirby
Pages: 57-59
Published online: 13 Jun 2011
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Article
Continuous Deep Sedation in End-of-Life Care: Disentangling Palliation From Physician-Assisted Death
Tito B. Carvalho, Mohamed Y. Rady, Joseph L. Verheijde & Jason Scott Robert
Pages: 60-62
Published online: 13 Jun 2011
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Article
Palliative Sedation, Physician-Assisted Suicide, and Euthanasia: “Same, Same but Different”?
Bert Broeckaert
Pages: 62-64
Published online: 13 Jun 2011
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Article
The Community Speaks: Continuous Deep Sedation as Caregiving Versus Physician-Assisted Suicide as Killing
Carol L. Powers & Paul C. McLean
Pages: 65-66
Published online: 13 Jun 2011
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Correspondence

Article
Response to Open Peer Commentaries on “Relative Versus Absolute Standards for Everyday Risk in Adolescent HIV Prevention Trials: Expanding the Debate”
Jeremy Snyder, Cari L. Miller & Glenda Gray
Pages: W1-W3
Published online: 13 Jun 2011
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