The American Journal of Bioethics, Volume 19, Issue 2 (2019)

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The American Journal of Bioethics, Volume 19, Issue 2 (2019)

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Editorial
Multiple Marginalizations: What Bioethics Can Learn From Black Feminism
Amal W. Cheema, Karen M. Meagher & Richard R. Sharp
Pages: 1-3
Published online: 20 Feb 2019
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Editorial
Ethical Guidelines for DNA Testing in Migrant Family Reunification
Nita Farahany, Saheel Chodavadia & Sara H. Katsanis
Pages: 4-7
Published online: 20 Feb 2019
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Intersectionality in Clinical Medicine: The Need for a Conceptual Framework
Yolonda Wilson, Amina White, Akilah Jefferson & Marion Danis
Pages: 8-19
Published online: 20 Feb 2019
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Open Peer Commentaries

Article Commentary
Intersectionality and Clinical Decision Making: The Role of Race
Yen Ji Julia Byeon, Sherrill L. Sellers & Vence L. Bonham
Pages: 20-22
Published online: 20 Feb 2019
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Clinical Encounters: The Social Justice Question in Intersectional Medicine
Patrick Ryan Grzanka & Jenny Dyck Brian
Pages: 22-24
Published online: 20 Feb 2019
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Intersectionality and Power Imbalances Clinicians of Color Face When Patients Request White Clinicians
Keisha Shantel Ray
Pages: 25-26
Published online: 20 Feb 2019
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Addressing the Practical Implications of Intersectionality in Clinical Medicine: Ethical, Embodied and Institutional Dimensions
Claudia Barned, Corinne Lajoie & Eric Racine
Pages: 27-29
Published online: 20 Feb 2019
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Narrative Ethics and Intersectionality
Elizabeth Lanphier & Uchenna Anani
Pages: 29-31
Published online: 20 Feb 2019
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Age Difference in the Clinical Encounter: Intersectionality and Phenomenology
Hans-Georg Eilenberger, Annemie Halsema & Jenny Slatman
Pages: 32-34
Published online: 20 Feb 2019
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Article Commentary
Is There Cross-Cultural Evidence for an Association Between Intersectionality and Bioethical Decision Making? Not Yet, but Awaiting Advances in Mental Mapping
Darryl R. J. Macer
Pages: 34-36
Published online: 20 Feb 2019
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Can Intersectionality Help Lead to More Accurate Diagnosis?
Hae Lin Cho
Pages: 37-39
Published online: 20 Feb 2019
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Article Commentary
Intersectionality: A Scientific Realist Critique
Carles Muntaner & Jura Augustinavicius
Pages: 39-41
Published online: 20 Feb 2019
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Article Commentary
An Argument for the Intersectional Education of Those Working in International Humanitarian Medical Nongovernmental Organizations
Adriana Clavel-Vazquez & César Palacios-González
Pages: 42-44
Published online: 20 Feb 2019
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Article
Transgender Children and the Right to Transition: Medical Ethics When Parents Mean Well but Cause Harm
Maura Priest
Pages: 45-59
Published online: 20 Feb 2019
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Open Peer Commentaries

Article Commentary
Moving Beyond Mismatch
Robin Dembroff
Pages: 60-63
Published online: 20 Feb 2019
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Article Commentary
True Autonomy/False Dichotomies? Genderqueer Kids and the Myth of the Quick Fix
Lauren L. Baker
Pages: 63-65
Published online: 20 Feb 2019
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The Social Context of Adolescents’ Right to Transition
Joshua Franklin
Pages: 65-66
Published online: 20 Feb 2019
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Article Commentary
Decision Making and the Long-Term Impact of Puberty Blockade in Transgender Children
Rebecca M. Harris, Amy C. Tishelman, Gwendolyn P. Quinn & Leena Nahata
Pages: 67-69
Published online: 20 Feb 2019
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Article Commentary
Should Parental Refusal of Puberty-Blocking Treatment be Overridden? The Role of the Harm Principle
Lauren Notini, Rosalind McDougall & Ken C. Pang
Pages: 69-72
Published online: 20 Feb 2019
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Psychological Maltreatment and Medical Neglect of Transgender Adolescents: The Need for Recognition and Individualized Assessment
Armand H. Matheny Antommaria, Robert A. Shapiro & Lee Ann E. Conard
Pages: 72-74
Published online: 20 Feb 2019
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Article Commentary
The Right to Best Care for Children Does Not Include the Right to Medical Transition
Michael Laidlaw, Michelle Cretella & Kevin Donovan
Pages: 75-77
Published online: 20 Feb 2019
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Article Commentary
Identification Before Prescription: Necessary Changes for the Support of Transgender Youth
Elizabeth R. Boskey & Jonathan M. Marron
Pages: 78-80
Published online: 20 Feb 2019
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Article Commentary
Puberty-Blocking Treatment and the Rights of Bad Candidates
B. R. George & Danielle M. Wenner
Pages: 80-82
Published online: 20 Feb 2019
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Article Commentary
Transgender Children, Puberty Blockers, and the Law: Solutions to the Problem of Dissenting Parents
Doriane Lambelet Coleman
Pages: 82-84
Published online: 20 Feb 2019
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Article Commentary
A Two-Pronged Approach to Minimizing Harms for Transgender Youth: Medical Interventions and Social Interventions
Lisa Campo-Engelstein
Pages: 85-87
Published online: 20 Feb 2019
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Article Commentary
Puberty Blockers Are Necessary, but They Don’t Prevent Homelessness: Caring for Transgender Youth by Supporting Unsupportive Parents
Florence Ashley
Pages: 87-89
Published online: 20 Feb 2019
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