The American Journal of Bioethics, Volume 15, Issue 1 (2015)

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Editorial

Editorial
Clinical Ethics Consultation: A Need for Evidence
David Magnus
Pages: 1-2
Published online: 06 Jan 2015
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Target Article

Article
Ethical Obligations and Clinical Goals in End-of-Life Care: Deriving a Quality-of-Life Construct Based on the Islamic Concept of Accountability Before God (Taklīf)
Aasim Padela & Afshan Mohiuddin
Pages: 3-13
Published online: 06 Jan 2015
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Open Peer Commentaries

Article Commentary
The Determination of Quality of Life and Medical Futility in Disorders of Consciousness: Reinterpreting the Moral Code of Islam
Mohamed Y. Rady & Joseph L. Verheijde
Pages: 14-16
Published online: 06 Jan 2015
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Article Commentary
Islamic Theology's Contribution to Medical Decision Making in End-of-Life Care
John J. Paris & Andrew Hawkins
Pages: 17-18
Published online: 06 Jan 2015
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Article Commentary
Exploring a New Concept at the End of Life: Accountability Before God (Mukallaf)
Mohammed Ali Albar & Hassan Chamsi-Pasha
Pages: 19-21
Published online: 06 Jan 2015
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Article Commentary
Normativity of Heterogeneity in Clinical Ethics
Ilhan Ilkilic
Pages: 21-23
Published online: 06 Jan 2015
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Article Commentary
Precaution (Ihtiyāt): Do Not Proceed
Ahmed B. Al-Khafaji, Ali Moughania & Mohammed Al-Saadi
Pages: 23-25
Published online: 06 Jan 2015
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Article Commentary
A Worrisome Misappropriation of “Mukallaf” in Life-Sustaining Treatment
Kholoud Alnakshabandi & Autumn Fiester
Pages: 25-27
Published online: 06 Jan 2015
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Article Commentary
Islamic Bioethics at the End of Life: Why Mukallaf Status Cannot Be the Criterion of Defining the Life That Should Be Saved
Shahram Ahmadi Nasab Emran
Pages: 27-28
Published online: 06 Jan 2015
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Target Article

Article
Neglected Ends: Clinical Ethics Consultation and the Prospects for Closure
Autumn Fiester
Pages: 29-36
Published online: 06 Jan 2015
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Open Peer Commentaries

Article Commentary
An Ethicist's Scope of Practice: Equipping Stakeholders for Closure
Bryan Kibbe, Patrick Schmitt & Paul J. Ford
Pages: 37-38
Published online: 06 Jan 2015
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Article Commentary
Moral Distress and Prospects for Closure
Haavi Morreim
Pages: 38-40
Published online: 06 Jan 2015
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Article Commentary
Power Hierarchy and Epistemic Injustice in Clinical Ethics Consultation
Anita Ho & Dave Unger
Pages: 40-42
Published online: 06 Jan 2015
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Article Commentary
Beyond the Recommendation: Discerning Achievable Goals in Clinical Ethics Consultation
Joseph B. Fanning, Nanibaa’ A. Garrison & Larry R. Churchill
Pages: 42-44
Published online: 06 Jan 2015
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Article Commentary
Closure But No Cigar
Leah Eisenberg, Thomas V. Cunningham & D. Micah Hester
Pages: 44-46
Published online: 06 Jan 2015
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Article Commentary
Attend to the Middle
Denise M. Dudzinski
Pages: 46-47
Published online: 06 Jan 2015
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Article Commentary
What “the Straw Man” Teaches Us, Or, Finding Wisdom Between the Horns of a False Dilemma About Ethics Consultation Methodology
Jeffrey P. Spike
Pages: 48-49
Published online: 06 Jan 2015
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Article Commentary
Beyond Recommendation and Mediation: Moral Case Deliberation as Moral Learning in Dialogue
Suzanne Metselaar, Bert Molewijk & Guy Widdershoven
Pages: 50-51
Published online: 06 Jan 2015
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Article Commentary
Intensified Conflict Instead of Closure: Clinical Ethics Consultants’ Recommendations’ Potential to Exacerbate Ethical Conflicts
Armand H. Matheny Antommaria
Pages: 52-54
Published online: 06 Jan 2015
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Article Commentary
Realistic Goals and Expectations for Clinical Ethics Consultations: We Should Not Overstate What We Can Deliver
Wayne N. Shelton & Bruce D. White
Pages: 54-56
Published online: 06 Jan 2015
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Article Commentary
Philosophical Counseling as an Alternative Process to Bioethics Mediation
Nancy J. Matchett
Pages: 56-58
Published online: 06 Jan 2015
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Article Commentary
Facilitated Discussion: Good and Good for You
Stephen Latham
Pages: 58-59
Published online: 06 Jan 2015
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Article Commentary
Shared Language and Moral Sensibility in Resolving Clinical Ethics Conflicts
Anand Muthusamy
Pages: 60-61
Published online: 06 Jan 2015
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Introduction

Introduction
Clinical Ethics: Case Reports, Consultations, Commentaries
Jeffrey P. Spike
Page: 62
Published online: 06 Jan 2015
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Case Summary

Case Report
When a Patient Says “No”
Kim Yen Thi Vu & Arline Worsham
Page: 63
Published online: 06 Jan 2015
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Case Commentaries

Article Commentary
Accepting Refusal of Life-Sustaining Treatment: How High Should the Bar Be?
Eugene V. Boisaubin
Pages: 64-65
Published online: 06 Jan 2015
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Article Commentary
Getting to “Yes” When the Patient Says “No”
Jeffrey P. Spike
Pages: 66-67
Published online: 06 Jan 2015
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Article Commentary
Return to Lonesome Dove: When the Patient Wants to Go Home Without Surgery
Richard J. Castriotta
Page: 68
Published online: 06 Jan 2015
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Case Summary

Case Report
Emergent Ethics Consultation Requested From the Operating Room
Courtenay R. Bruce
Page: 69
Published online: 06 Jan 2015
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Case Commentaries

Article Commentary
A Risky Recommendation
Trevor Bibler & Courtenay R. Bruce
Pages: 70-72
Published online: 06 Jan 2015
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Article Commentary
Preventing the Predictable
Adam Pena
Pages: 72-74
Published online: 06 Jan 2015
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Article Commentary
Leading Medicine Through “Bloodless” Transplantation
Jessica Varisco & Scott A. Scheinin
Pages: 75-76
Published online: 06 Jan 2015
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Correspondence

Islamic Goals for Clinical Treatment at the End of Life: The Concept of Accountability Before God (Taklīf) Remains Useful: Response to Open Peer Commentaries on “Ethical Obligations and Clinical Goals in End-of-Life Care: Deriving a Quality-of-Life Construct Based on the Islamic Concept of Accountability Before God (Taklīf)”
Aasim Padela & Afshan Mohiuddin
Pages: W1-W8
Published online: 06 Jan 2015
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Response to Open Peer Commentaries on “Neglected Ends: Clinical Ethics Consultation and the Prospects for Closure”
Autumn Fiester
Pages: W9-W10
Published online: 06 Jan 2015
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