The American Journal of Bioethics, Volume 21, Issue 8 (2021)

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Guest Editorial

Standard Racism: Trying to Use “Crisis Standards of Care” in the COVID-19 Pandemic
George J. Annas & Sondra S. Crosby
Pages: 1-3
Published online: 27 Jul 2021
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Between Usual and Crisis Phases of a Public Health Emergency: The Mediating Role of Contingency Measures
David Alfandre, Virginia Ashby Sharpe, Cynthia Geppert, Mary Beth Foglia, Kenneth Berkowitz, Barbara Chanko & Toby Schonfeld
Pages: 4-16
Published online: 17 May 2021
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Open Peer Commentaries

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Addressing a Missing Link in Emergency Preparedness: New Insights on the Ethics of Care in Contingency Conditions from the Minnesota COVID Ethics Collaborative
Joel T. Wu, Debra A. DeBruin, Susan M. Wolf, Thomas Klemond & Erin S. DeMartino
Pages: 17-19
Published online: 27 Jul 2021
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Ethically Navigating the Murky Waters of “Contingency Standards of Care”
Jason Persoff & Matthew K. Wynia
Pages: 20-21
Published online: 27 Jul 2021
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A Real-World Ethical Analysis of Contingency Measures Enacted for Crisis Standards of Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Joyeeta G. Dastidar
Pages: 22-24
Published online: 27 Jul 2021
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Supporting Real-Time Ethical Deliberation in Contingency Capacity During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Catherine R. Butler & Mark R. Tonelli
Pages: 25-27
Published online: 27 Jul 2021
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Contingency Measures During the COVID-19 Pandemic in China: An Analysis Based on a New Ethical Framework
Yuming Wang, Hui Zhang, Yongguang Yang, Zhenxiang Zhang & Zhiping Guo
Pages: 28-30
Published online: 27 Jul 2021
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Limitations to Contingency Measures: Reflections from COVID-19 Surges in the UK
Caitlin Gordon, Sarah Yardley, David A. Lomas & Sarah J. L. Edwards
Pages: 31-34
Published online: 27 Jul 2021
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Neither ‘Crisis Light’ nor ‘Business as Usual’: Considering the Distinctive Ethical Issues Raised by the Contingency and Reset Phases of a Pandemic
Lucy Frith, Heather Draper, Sara Fovargue, Paul Baines, Caroline Redhead & Anna Chiumento
Pages: 34-37
Published online: 27 Jul 2021
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Article Commentary
The Divided Principle of Justice: Ethical Decision-Making at Surge Capacity
Connor T. A. Brenna & Sunit Das
Pages: 37-39
Published online: 27 Jul 2021
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Article Commentary
The Need for an Ethics of Care in the Contingency Response to Public Health Emergencies
Cheryl J. Erwin & Craig M. Klugman
Pages: 40-42
Published online: 27 Jul 2021
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Insights from Blood Products Management for Pre-Crisis Ethical Resource Allocation
Angela Guadalupe Villanueva & Alina Bennett
Pages: 42-45
Published online: 27 Jul 2021
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Target Article

Article
Unjustified Asymmetry: Positive Claims of Conscience and Heartbeat Bills
Kyle G. Fritz
Pages: 46-59
Published online: 05 Jan 2021
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Justified Asymmetries: Positive and Negative Claims to Conscience in Reproductive Health Care
Carolyn McLeod
Pages: 60-62
Published online: 27 Jul 2021
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What Makes Conscientious Refusals Concerning Abortion Different
Jason T. Eberl
Pages: 62-64
Published online: 27 Jul 2021
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Conscience Clauses and Ideological Bias
Mark Wicclair
Pages: 65-67
Published online: 27 Jul 2021
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Putting the Asymmetry Debate in Its Place
Abram L. Brummett
Pages: 68-69
Published online: 27 Jul 2021
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Conscience Claims and Cost: Tribunals and the Asymmetry Debate
David Michael Vaughan & Lisa Campo-Engelstein
Pages: 70-72
Published online: 27 Jul 2021
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Article Commentary
Medical Disobedience and the Conscientious Provision of Prohibited Care
Dov Fox
Pages: 72-74
Published online: 27 Jul 2021
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Article Commentary
Does Medicine Need to Accommodate Positive Conscientious Objections to Morally Self-Correct?
Eric J. Kim & Kyle Ferguson
Pages: 74-76
Published online: 27 Jul 2021
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Article Commentary
The Wrong Argument for a Bad Law
Eric Mathison
Pages: 77-79
Published online: 27 Jul 2021
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Justifying Positive Appeals to Conscience: The Debate We Can’t Avoid
Daniel J. Miller
Pages: 79-81
Published online: 27 Jul 2021
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Correspondences

Ethics Frameworks and Beyond—Advancing Our Understanding of the Contingency Phase to Improve Health Care Quality During Public Health Emergencies
D. Alfandre, V. Sharpe, C. Geppert, M. Foglia, K. Berkowitz, B. Chanko & T. Schonfeld
Pages: W1-W3
Published online: 27 Jul 2021
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Finding Our Balance in the Asymmetry Debate
Kyle G. Fritz
Pages: W4-W7
Published online: 27 Jul 2021
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