The American Journal of Bioethics, Volume 17, Issue 8 (2017)

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What We Do When We Resuscitate Extremely Preterm Infants
Jeremy R. Garrett, Brian S. Carter & John D. Lantos
Pages: 1-3
Published online: 02 Aug 2017
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Saving or Creating: Which Are We Doing When We Resuscitate Extremely Preterm Infants?
Travis N. Rieder
Pages: 4-12
Published online: 02 Aug 2017
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Open Peer Commentaries

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Asymmetrical Reasons, Newborn Infants, and Resource Allocation
Dean Hayden & Dominic Wilkinson
Pages: 13-15
Published online: 02 Aug 2017
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Rock the Baby, Not the Boat: A Defense of Epidemiology-Based and Values-Based Shared Decision Making at the Margin of Gestational Viability
Stephanie Kukora & Naomi Laventhal
Pages: 16-18
Published online: 02 Aug 2017
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Getting Clear on Why the Benefits of Existence Do Not Compel Us to Create
M. A. Roberts
Pages: 18-21
Published online: 02 Aug 2017
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Dealing With Moral Dilemmas at the Neonatology Ward: The Importance of Joint Case-by-Case Reflection
Suzanne Metselaar, Machteld van Scherpenzeel & Guy Widdershoven
Pages: 21-23
Published online: 02 Aug 2017
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The Concept of “Continuing Creation” Will Not Save Us From Difficult Decisions
Trisha Prentice, Peter G. Davis & Lynn Gillam
Pages: 23-25
Published online: 02 Aug 2017
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Saving or Creating: Expertise and Subjectivity
Patrick Tissington
Pages: 25-26
Published online: 02 Aug 2017
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Perpetuating Biases and Injustice Toward Preterm Infants
Marlyse Haward, Mark Mercurio & Annie Janvier
Pages: 27-29
Published online: 02 Aug 2017
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The Saving/Creating Distinction and the Axiology of the Cost–Benefit Approach to Neonatal Medicine
Tomasz Żuradzki
Pages: 29-31
Published online: 02 Aug 2017
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“Save or Create”: The Practical Asymmetry of Judgment Training in Decision Making in Neonatology–When Basic Desires Clash With Preparation to Act
Michael R. Gomez
Pages: 31-33
Published online: 02 Aug 2017
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Extreme Prematurity: Creating “Iatrogenic Lives”
Kristina Orfali
Pages: 34-35
Published online: 02 Aug 2017
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On Saving Preterm Infants: A Plea for Sensible Ontology
David DeGrazia
Pages: 36-37
Published online: 02 Aug 2017
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Metaphors in the Management of Extremely Preterm Birth
Anita Silvers & Leslie Pickering Francis
Pages: 37-39
Published online: 02 Aug 2017
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The Advance of Rescue Technologies and the Border of Viability
Danton Char
Pages: 40-41
Published online: 02 Aug 2017
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How We Should Conceive of Creation: Natural Birth as an Ethical Guidepost for Neonatal Rescue
Douglas C. McAdams, W. Kevin Conley II, Kevin T. FitzGerald & G. Kevin Donovan
Pages: 42-44
Published online: 02 Aug 2017
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Taking Care of the Vulnerable: The Criterion of Proportionality
Mario Picozzi & Renzo Pegoraro
Pages: 44-45
Published online: 02 Aug 2017
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Book Reviews

Book Review
Review of Lydia S. Dugdale, Dying in the 21st Century: Towards a New Ethical Framework for the Art of Dying Well
Anthony P. Smith
Pages: W1-W2
Published online: 02 Aug 2017
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Review of Alfonso Gómez-Lobo With John Keown, Bioethics and the Human Goods: An Introduction to Natural Law Bioethics
Christopher Tollefsen
Pages: W3-W4
Published online: 02 Aug 2017
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Review of Peter L. Rosenbaum, Gabriel M. Ronen, Bernard Dan, Jennifer Johannensen, and Eric Racine, eds., Ethics in Child Health: Principles and Cases in Neurodisability
Sarah L. Bauer Huang
Pages: W5-W6
Published online: 02 Aug 2017
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