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VOL. 12 NO. 1 | January 2012

The American Journal of Bioethics | Volume 12 Number 1

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Target Articles

Unpredictable Drug Shortages: An Ethical Framework for Short-Term Rationing in Hospitals
by Philip Rosoff

Open Peer Commentary

A New Justification for Pediatric Research Without the Potential for Clinical Benefit
by David Wendler

Open Peer Commentary Book Reviews

Review of Wrong Medicine: Doctors, Patients, and Futile Treatment, Second Edition by Lawrence J. Schneiderman and Nancy S. Jecker
by Thaddeus Mason Pope, Susan Bull

Correspondence

Protecting Patient Privacy Redux: Response to Open Peer Commentaries on “‘You Don't Know Me, But …’: Access to Patient Data and Subject Recruitment in Human Subjects Research”
by Toby Schonfeld, Jean Amoura, Joseph S. Brown, Bruce G. Gordon

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Report Paints Grim Picture of Drug Trial Safety
Criticism of FDA's weak oversight are on target, but Congress shares blame.

Giving Up on Gene Therapy Is Wrong Reaction
Death of Jolee Mohr should lead to new patient protections

Women Should Be Wary of Genetic Risk Ads
TV commercials exploit fear of breast cancer in the guise of education.

Students' Meningitis Shots Should Be Required
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Privacy is True Price of Healthy Worker Discounts
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BIOETHICS NEWS

Use of Actors, Photoshop Not OK in Health Ads, Experts Say
(MyHealthNewsDaily) How truthful do public health campaign ads need to be? Is it wrong to misrepresent an individual's story to get a do-good message across? #bioethics

Is is morally wrong to take a life? Not really, say bioethicists
(BioEdge) Is it morally wrong to kill people? Not really, argue two eminent American bioethicists in an early online article in the Journal of Medical Ethics. Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, of Duke University, and Franklin G. Miller, of the National Institutes of Health believe that “killing by itself is not morally wrong, although it is still morally wrong to cause total disability”. #bioethics

State Bill Outlaws Use Of Fetuses In Food Industry
(NPR) A bill introduced in the Oklahoma Legislature has some folks scratching their heads, as it prohibits "the manufacture or sale of food or products which use aborted human fetuses. #bioethics

A New Moratorium on Research Into Engineered Avian Flu: What It Means for Science
(Popular Science) Is some research so dangerous it shouldn't be done at all? #bioethics

5 Questions: Magnus on the role of research ethics consultations
(HealthCanal) In the past decade, a growing number of academic medical centers have begun offering research ethics consultation services, in which bioethics experts help scientists address the ethical and societal implications of their laboratory and clinical experiments. #bioethics

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