The American Journal of Bioethics, Volume 17, Issue 11 (2017)

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Guest Editorial

Editorial
The Rescinding of DACA: What Should Healthcare Professionals and Academics Do? (and Why?)
Mark G. Kuczewski & Danish Zaidi
Pages: 1-3
Published online: 07 Nov 2017
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Editorial
To Whom Do Children Belong?
John Lantos
Pages: 4-5
Published online: 07 Nov 2017
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Target Article

Article
Reasons to Amplify the Role of Parental Permission in Pediatric Treatment
Mark Christopher Navin & Jason Adam Wasserman
Pages: 6-14
Published online: 07 Nov 2017
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Open Peer Commentaries

Article Commentary
Permission to Speak? Voices in Pediatric Decision Making
Aviva L. Katz & Sally A. Webb
Pages: 15-17
Published online: 07 Nov 2017
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Children Are Not the Property of Their Parents: The Need for a Clear Statement of Ethical Obligations and Boundaries
Johan Bester & Eric Kodish
Pages: 17-19
Published online: 07 Nov 2017
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Integrating Informed Nondissent Into Informed Consent Standards
Alexander A. Kon
Pages: 20-21
Published online: 07 Nov 2017
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Article Commentary
Minimizing the Child's Interests by Focus on Parental Values and Identities
Donald Brunnquell
Pages: 21-23
Published online: 07 Nov 2017
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Article Commentary
A Dose of Paternalism: How Eliciting Values, Not Amplifying Parental Permission, Can Promote the Interest of Children and Families
Trisha K. Paul, Christian J. Vercler & Naomi Laventhal
Pages: 24-26
Published online: 07 Nov 2017
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Parental Permission in the Context of Family-Centered Care
Nate W. Olson
Pages: 26-27
Published online: 07 Nov 2017
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Can Families Have Interests?
Rosalind McDougall
Pages: 27-29
Published online: 07 Nov 2017
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Expanding Parental Permission in Pediatric Treatment: A Hasty Generalization
Leena Nahata & Gwendolyn P. Quinn
Pages: 29-30
Published online: 07 Nov 2017
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Target Article

Article
Empowerment Failure: How Shortcomings in Physician Communication Unwittingly Undermine Patient Autonomy
Peter A. Ubel, Karen A. Scherr & Angela Fagerlin
Pages: 31-39
Published online: 07 Nov 2017
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Open Peer Commentaries

Article Commentary
Communication Education, Modeling, and Protocols Transform Clinicians to Agents of Empowerment
Kathleen M. McKillip, Michael D. Barnett & Keith M. Swetz
Pages: 40-42
Published online: 07 Nov 2017
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Sowing the SEED for Patient Empowerment
Anita Ho, Kim Jameson & Arnold Eiser
Pages: 42-45
Published online: 07 Nov 2017
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Article Commentary
Informed Consent Is Inadequate and Shared Decision Making Is Ineffective: Arguing for the Primacy of Authenticity in Decision-Making Paradigms
Jeffrey Berger
Pages: 45-47
Published online: 07 Nov 2017
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Medical Culture's Bias to Actively Intervene Can Undermine Patient Empowerment and Welfare
Bradley Partridge & Erin O'Connor
Pages: 47-48
Published online: 07 Nov 2017
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Article Commentary
Health Communication: Not Just Autonomy, Also Justice
Michael Paasche-Orlow
Page: 49
Published online: 07 Nov 2017
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Article Commentary
Autonomy, Information, and Paternalism in Clinical Communication
Lisa Dive
Pages: 50-52
Published online: 07 Nov 2017
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Article Commentary
Needed: A More Rigorous Analysis of Models of Decision Making and a Richer Account of Respect for Autonomy
James F. Childress
Pages: 52-54
Published online: 07 Nov 2017
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Article Commentary
Thwarting Shared Decision Making Is an Egregious Medical Error: Let's Treat It Like One
Matthew K. Wynia
Pages: 54-56
Published online: 07 Nov 2017
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Correspondence

Article Commentary
Harm and Parental Permission: A Response to Our Critics
Mark Christopher Navin & Jason Adam Wasserman
Pages: W1-W4
Published online: 07 Nov 2017
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Article Commentary
Extending Ethical Strides: From Tribal IRBs to the Bronx Community Research Review Board
Phoebe Friesen, Lisa Kearns, Barbara K. Redman & Arthur L. Caplan
Pages: W5-W8
Published online: 07 Nov 2017
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Book Review

Book Review
Review of J. L. Schwartz and A. L. Caplan, eds., Vaccination Ethics and Policy
Johan Bester
Pages: W9-W11
Published online: 07 Nov 2017
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Book Review
Review of Calvin Wai-Loon Ho, Juridification in Bioethics: Governance of Human Pluripotent Cell Research
Edward S. Dove
Pages: W12-W13
Published online: 07 Nov 2017
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