The American Journal of Bioethics, Volume 22, Issue 7 (2022)

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The American Journal of Bioethics, Volume 22, Issue 7 (2022)

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Guest Editorial

How to Use AI Ethically for Ethical Decision-Making
Joanna Demaree-Cotton, Brian D. Earp & Julian Savulescu
Pages: 1-3
Published online: 23 Jun 2022
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Target Article

Algorithms for Ethical Decision-Making in the Clinic: A Proof of Concept
Lukas J. Meier, Alice Hein, Klaus Diepold & Alena Buyx
Pages: 4-20
Published online: 16 Mar 2022
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Implicit Fuzzy Specifications, Inferior to Explicit Balancing
Joseph P. DeMarco, Paul J. Ford & Susannah L. Rose
Pages: 21-23
Published online: 23 Jun 2022
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In Search of a Mission: Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Ethics
Nikola Biller-Andorno, Andrea Ferrario & Sophie Gloeckler
Pages: 23-25
Published online: 23 Jun 2022
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Ethical Algorithmic Advice: Some Reasons to Pause and Think Twice
Torbjørn Gundersen & Kristine Bærøe
Pages: 26-28
Published online: 23 Jun 2022
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AIgorithmic Ethics: A Technically Sweet Solution to a Non-Problem
Aurelia Sauerbrei, Nina Hallowell & Angeliki Kerasidou
Pages: 28-30
Published online: 23 Jun 2022
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Automating Justice: An Ethical Responsibility of Computational Bioethics
Vasiliki Rahimzadeh, Jonathan Lawson, Jinyoung Baek & Edward S. Dove
Pages: 30-33
Published online: 23 Jun 2022
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An All-Too-Human Enterprise
Tod Chambers
Pages: 33-35
Published online: 23 Jun 2022
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Rise of the Bioethics AI: Curse or Blessing?
Craig M. Klugman & Sara Gerke
Pages: 35-37
Published online: 23 Jun 2022
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Article Commentary
Important Design Questions for Algorithmic Ethics Consultation
Danton Char
Pages: 38-40
Published online: 23 Jun 2022
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Using Algorithms to Make Ethical Judgements: METHAD vs. the ADC Model
Allen Coin & Veljko Dubljević
Pages: 41-43
Published online: 23 Jun 2022
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Wrongful Birth: AI-Tools for Moral Decisions in Clinical Care in the Absence of Disability Ethics
Maya Sabatello
Pages: 43-46
Published online: 23 Jun 2022
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The AI Needed for Ethical Decision Making Does Not Exist
Amelia Barwise & Brian Pickering
Pages: 46-49
Published online: 23 Jun 2022
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Privacy and Health Practices in the Digital Age
Monique Pyrrho, Leonardo Cambraia & Viviane Ferreira de Vasconcelos
Pages: 50-59
Published online: 07 Mar 2022
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Privacy, Health, and Race Equity in the Digital Age
Anita L. Allen
Pages: 60-63
Published online: 23 Jun 2022
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Data, Privacy, and Agency: Beyond Transparency to Empowerment
Erika Versalovic, Sara Goering & Eran Klein
Pages: 63-65
Published online: 23 Jun 2022
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Protecting Health Privacy through Reasonable Inferences
Brent Mittelstadt
Pages: 65-68
Published online: 23 Jun 2022
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Regulatory Angels and Technology Demons? Making Sense of Evolving Realities in Health Data Privacy for the Digital Age
Vasiliki Rahimzadeh
Pages: 68-70
Published online: 23 Jun 2022
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Privacy and the Genetic Community
Marisa A. Leib-Neri & Anya E. R. Prince
Pages: 70-72
Published online: 23 Jun 2022
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Article Commentary
Healthcare Organizations Should Be Accountable Stewards of Patient Data
Kenneth A. Berkowitz
Pages: 73-75
Published online: 23 Jun 2022
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Health Privacy, Racialization, and the Causal Potential of Legal Regulations
Joanna K. Malinowska & Bartłomiej Chomański
Pages: 76-78
Published online: 23 Jun 2022
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Protecting Privacy While Optimizing the Use of (Health)Data: The Importance of Measures and Safeguards
Julie-Anne R. Smit, Menno Mostert & Johannes J. M. van Delden
Pages: 79-81
Published online: 23 Jun 2022
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Disproof of Concept: Resolving Ethical Dilemmas Using Algorithms
Bryan Pilkington & Charles Binkley
Pages: 81-83
Published online: 23 Jun 2022
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Case Report

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Who’s Abandoning Whom? The Role of Ethics Consultation for Unaccompanied Emergency Department Patients with Dementia
Anita J. Tarzian
Pages: 84-85
Published online: 23 Jun 2022
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A Case of Patient Abandonment, or an Abandonment of Patients?
Jason Karlawish, Andrew Peterson, Justin T. Clapp & Emily A. Largent
Pages: 86-87
Published online: 23 Jun 2022
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Alzheimer’s Disease and the Invisible Person: The Missing Patient Voice
Garson Leder & Arthur R. Derse
Pages: 87-90
Published online: 23 Jun 2022
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Patient Abandonment in the Emergency Department?
Gerardo R. Maradiaga, Nella Hendley & John C. Moskop
Pages: 90-92
Published online: 23 Jun 2022
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“For Your Own Good”? Is It Ethical to Use Chemical Restraints on Patients Who Lack Capacity but Wish to Leave the Hospital against Medical Advice?
Leah R. Eisenberg
Pages: 93-94
Published online: 23 Jun 2022
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Ethical Restraint Use With Incapable Absconding Patients: Goals, Proportionality, and Surrogates
Tyler S. Gibb, Kathryn E. Redinger & Hayley Barker
Pages: 95-97
Published online: 23 Jun 2022
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When Protection From Risk-to-Self Causes Harm: A Brief Analysis of Restraint Use to Prevent Elopement
Chelsey Patten & Benjamin Chaucer
Pages: 97-100
Published online: 23 Jun 2022
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The Medical Incapacity Hold—the Most Appropriate Solution to a Complex Clinical Problem
Paul L. Schneider
Pages: 100-102
Published online: 23 Jun 2022
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