The American Journal of Bioethics, Volume 9, Issue 8 (2009)

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Editorial

Editorial
Sir John Maddox and the Ethics of Heresy
Paul Root Wolpe
Pages: 1-2
Published online: 10 Jul 2009
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Target Article

Article
Why Consent May Not Be Needed For Organ Procurement
James Delaney & David B. Hershenov
Pages: 3-10
Published online: 10 Jul 2009
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Open Peer Commentaries

Article
Pardon My Asking: What's New?
D. Micah Hester & Toby Schonfeld
Pages: 11-13
Published online: 10 Jul 2009
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Article
The Organ Conscription Trolley Problem
Adam Kolber
Pages: 13-14
Published online: 10 Jul 2009
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Article
Hypotheticals, Analogies, Death's Harms, and Organ Procurement
James Lindemann Nelson
Pages: 14-16
Published online: 10 Jul 2009
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Article
Survivors' Interests in Human Remains
Norman L. Cantor
Pages: 16-17
Published online: 10 Jul 2009
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Article
Why Intuitions and Metaphysics Are the Wrong Approach for Health Law: A Commentary on Delaney and Hershenov
Christopher T. Robertson
Pages: 18-19
Published online: 10 Jul 2009
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Article
Is Context a Distortional Factor, Really?
Jeffrey Kirby
Pages: 20-21
Published online: 10 Jul 2009
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Article
Advancing the Case for Organ Procurement
Jason T. Eberl
Pages: 22-23
Published online: 10 Jul 2009
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Target Article

Article
The Duty to Disclose Adverse Clinical Trial Results
S. Matthew Liao, Mark Sheehan & Steve Clarke
Pages: 24-32
Published online: 10 Jul 2009
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Open Peer Commentaries

Article
The Duty to Disclose (Even More) Adverse Clinical Trial Results
Nicole Hassoun
Pages: 33-34
Published online: 10 Jul 2009
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Article
Compounding Risks to Patients: Selective Disclosure is Not an Option
Linsey McGoey
Pages: 35-36
Published online: 10 Jul 2009
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Article
Improving Subject Recruitment By Maintaining Truly Informed Consent: A Practical Benefit of Disclosing Adverse Clinical Trial Results
Kavita R. Shah & Frances R. Batzer
Pages: 36-37
Published online: 10 Jul 2009
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Article
Respecting Participant Autonomy and the Disclosure of Clinical Trial Results
Justin Oakley
Page: 38
Published online: 10 Jul 2009
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Article
Enhancing Informed Consent in Clinical Trials and Exploring Resistances to Disclosing Adverse Clinical Trial Results
John D. Banja & Boadie Dunlop
Pages: 39-41
Published online: 10 Jul 2009
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Article
The Duty to Register Phase I Trials
Peter T. Saunders
Pages: 41-42
Published online: 10 Jul 2009
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Article
Precautionary Harm Disclosure in Clinical Trials
Kevin Chien-Chang Wu
Pages: 43-45
Published online: 10 Jul 2009
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Article
Disclosure of Adverse Clinical Trial Results—Should Legal Immunity Be Granted to Drug Companies?
Anthony Vernillo
Pages: 45-47
Published online: 10 Jul 2009
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Target Article

Article
Prenatal Diagnosis and Abortion for Congenital Abnormalities: Is It Ethical to Provide One Without the Other?
Angela Ballantyne, Ainsley Newson, Florencia Luna & Richard Ashcroft
Pages: 48-56
Published online: 10 Jul 2009
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Open Peer Commentaries

Article
A Closer Look at the Abortion Debate in Iran
Kiarash Aramesh
Pages: 57-58
Published online: 10 Jul 2009
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Article
Prenatal Diagnosis and Abortion Are Not in Conflict in Israel
Ari Z. Zivotofsky & Alan Jotkowitz
Pages: 58-60
Published online: 10 Jul 2009
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Article
From Iran to Latin America: Must Prenatal Diagnosis Necessarily Be Provided With Abortion for Congenital Abnormalities?
Daniel Sperling
Pages: 61-63
Published online: 10 Jul 2009
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Article
An Unjustified Exception to an Unjust Law?
David Wasserman & Adrienne Asch
Pages: 63-65
Published online: 10 Jul 2009
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Article
Does Prenatal Diagnosis Morally Require Provision of Selective Abortion?
Diana Buccafurni & Pepe Lee Chang
Pages: 65-67
Published online: 10 Jul 2009
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Article
Can, Should, Ought, Must
Howard Trachtman
Pages: 67-69
Published online: 10 Jul 2009
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Article
Prenatal Testing Can Be Advantageous Even When Abortion is Not an Option
Alexander A. Kon
Pages: 69-70
Published online: 10 Jul 2009
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Article
Abortion: Prohibitions and Exceptions
Sheelagh McGuinness
Pages: 70-72
Published online: 10 Jul 2009
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Book Reviews

Book Review
Review of William R. LaFleur, Gernot Bohme, and Susumu Shimazono, eds., Dark Medicine: Rationalizing Unethical Medical Research
Joanne Godley
Pages: 73-74
Published online: 10 Jul 2009
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Book Review
Review of Paul A. Lombardo, Three Generations, No Imbeciles: Eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell
Ruth Levy Guyer
Pages: 75-76
Published online: 10 Jul 2009
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Miscellany

Corrigendum
Page: 77
Published online: 10 Jul 2009
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Correspondence

Response to Open Peer Commentaries on “Why Consent May Not Be Needed For Organ Procurement”
James Delaney & David B. Hershenov
Pages: W1-W2
Published online: 10 Jul 2009
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Disclosing Clinical Trial Results: Publicity, Significance and Independence
S. Matthew Liao, Mark Sheehan & Steve Clarke
Pages: W3-W5
Published online: 10 Jul 2009
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Response to Open Peer Commentaries on “Prenatal Diagnosis and Abortion for Congenital Abnormalities: Is It Ethical to Provide One Without the Other?”
Angela Ballantyne, Ainsley Newson, Florencia Luna & Richard Ashcroft
Pages: W6-W7
Published online: 10 Jul 2009
CitationforResponse to Open Peer Commentaries on “Prenatal Diagnosis and Abortion for Congenital Abnormalities: Is It Ethical to Provide One Without the Other?” | Full Text | References | PDF (35.8 KB)
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