The American Journal of Bioethics, Volume 8, Issue 9 (2008)

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Editorial

Editorial
Consciousness Unchained: Ethical Issues and the Vegetative and Minimally Conscious State
Robert T. Knight
Pages: 1-2
Published online: 13 Oct 2008
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Neuroimaging and Disorders of Consciousness: Envisioning an Ethical Research Agenda
Joseph J. Fins∗, Judy Illes∗, James L. Bernat∗∗, Joy Hirsch∗∗, Steven Laureys∗∗ & Emily Murphy∗∗
Pages: 3-12
Published online: 13 Oct 2008
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Open Peer Commentaries

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Clinical and Public Translation of Neuroimaging Research in Disorders of Consciousness Challenges Current Diagnostic and Public Understanding Paradigms
Eric Racine & Emily Bell
Pages: 13-15
Published online: 13 Oct 2008
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Ethical Challenges in Research: Another Look
Stephanie J. Bird
Pages: 15-17
Published online: 13 Oct 2008
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That Little Matter of Consciousness
Martha Farah
Pages: 17-19
Published online: 13 Oct 2008
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Going Beyond the Evidence
Neil Levy
Pages: 19-21
Published online: 13 Oct 2008
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Soul-Making in Neuroimaging?
Kevin Chien-Chang Wu
Pages: 21-22
Published online: 13 Oct 2008
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Ethical Challenges and Clinical Implications of Molecular Imaging of Human Consciousness
Tamami Fukushi & Osamu Sakura
Pages: 23-24
Published online: 13 Oct 2008
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The Risks of Reducing Consciousness to Neuroimaging
Rob Schwartz & Mirra Schwartz
Pages: 25-26
Published online: 13 Oct 2008
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Unconscious Pain
Nada Gligorov
Pages: 27-28
Published online: 13 Oct 2008
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Suffering and the Unconscious — “The Harder Problem”
James D. Duffy
Pages: 29-30
Published online: 13 Oct 2008
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“Neglected Personhood” and Neglected Questions: Remarks on the Moral Significance of Consciousness
Dominic Wilkinson, Guy Kahane & Julian Savulescu
Pages: 31-33
Published online: 13 Oct 2008
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The Burden of Self-Consciousness
Bernard Baertschi
Pages: 33-34
Published online: 13 Oct 2008
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The Implications of Caring for the Injured Brain
Monique Lanoix
Pages: 35-36
Published online: 13 Oct 2008
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Essays

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Encephaloethics: A History of the Ethics of the Brain
Albert R. Jonsen
Pages: 37-42
Published online: 13 Oct 2008
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fMRI in Brain Research in Its Historical Context
Oleg Jardetzky
Pages: 43-45
Published online: 13 Oct 2008
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Neuroethics and Neuroimaging: Moving Toward Transparency
Joseph J. Fins
Pages: 46-52
Published online: 13 Oct 2008
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Correspondence

Article
Lights, Camera, Inaction? Neuroimaging and Disorders of Consciousness
Joseph J. Fins & Judy Illes
Pages: W1-W3
Published online: 13 Oct 2008
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