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VOL. 9 NO. 12 | December 2009

The American Journal of Bioethics | Volume 9 Number 12

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Editorial

On the Healthcare Question
by Constantine A. Manthous

Target Articles

A Duty to Deceive: Placebos in Clinical Practice
by Bennett Foddy

Open Peer Commentary

The Legitimacy of Placebo Treatments in Clinical Practice: Evidence and Ethics
by Franklin G. Miller, Luana Colloca

Open Peer Commentary

Journal Editorial Policies, Animal Welfare, and the 3Rs
by Nicola J. Osborne, Michael L. Newman, Daisy Payne

Open Peer Commentary

Ethical Concerns in the Community About Technologies to Extend Human Life Span
by Brad Partridge, Helen Bartlett, Wayne Hall, Jayne Lucke, Mair Underwood

Open Peer Commentary Book Reviews

Review of Health for Sale, By Mannut Film
by Stuart Rennie

Correspondence

Response to Open Peer Commentaries on “A Duty to Deceive: Placebos in Clinical Practice”
by Bennett Foddy

Response to Open Peer Commentaries on “Journal Editorial Policies, Animal Welfare, and the 3Rs"
by Nicola J. Osborne, Michael L. Newman, Daisy Payne

Mapping Community Concerns About Radical Extensions of Human Life Expectancy
by Brad Partridge, Helen Bartlett, Robert Hall, Jayne Lucke, Mair Underwood

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BIOETHICS NEWS

Women Have a Right to the Truth on Abortion
(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) If you want to know what really goes on behind the closed doors of Planned Parenthood, Google "Live Action" and click on the Planned Parenthood Appleton clinic. It's clear nothing has changed in the 35 years since I visited Planned Parenthood.

Memory's Secrets Still Elude Scientists
(National Post) In hospital etiquette, Alzheimer's patients pose a problem for the busy clinician passing them in the hallway. Is it rude not to say hello to someone who does not remember ever having met you?

FDA Panel Recommendation on Crestor Spurs Debate
(ABC News) A U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel's recommendation that some adults with no prior heart problems should take the cholesterol-busting statin Crestor appears to have pitted cardiologists against many primary care physicians over the best use of the popular drug.

U.S. should give away H1N1 swine flu vaccine
(San Francisco Chronicle) In June, the World Health Organization confirmed that a new influenza pandemic was upon us. The United States and other wealthy countries supported a nearly unprecedented effort to develop, test and license H1N1 influenza vaccines, and give their own citizens nearly exclusive access to these vaccines as quickly as possible. Delays in manufacture meant that in October and November, many in these countries had to wait their turn while limited supplies were given to those at greatest risk.

Irish Supreme Court Rules Lab Embryos Not Protected
(Science) Irish scientists who want to work with human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) got a boost from Ireland's Supreme Court today, which ruled that human embryos outside the womb are not "unborn," and therefore are not protected under the country's constitution. The case before the court, in which a woman wanted to implant frozen embryos against the wishes of her estranged husband, does not directly involve stem cell research. "It's not a green light" for hESC research, says Siobhán O'Sullivan, director of the Irish Council for Bioethics. However, she says the ruling means "that certainly hES cell research is not banned in Ireland."

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