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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

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
Americans hate to be told what to do, but we hate losing our kids more.

Privacy is True Price of Healthy Worker Discounts
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BIOETHICS NEWS

Doctor cheating warnings expand to dermatology
(CNN) Doctors studying to become dermatologists have, for years, shared exam questions by memorizing and writing them down after the test to become board certified.

Bishops don't speak for most Catholics on contraception
(CNN) Are Catholic bishops out of touch with American catholics or is it the other way around? Debate over mandated contraception coverage raises the issue. #bioethics

Pfizer Birth Control Recall: Could Women Who Get Pregnant Sue?
(Time Healthland) If women wind up pregnant from faulty pill packets, product liability lawsuits or "wrongful pregnancy" cases — reminiscent of medical malpractice — could be filed. #bioethics

Komen Charity Ends Grants To Planned Parenthood
(NPR) The nation's leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is halting its partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates — creating a bitter rift, linked to the abortion debate, between two iconic organizations that have assisted millions of women. #bioethics

Rx for Danger: CVS' 'blacklist' of some doctors sparks outcry, legal action
(Orlando Sentinel) Two months ago, a small number of doctors in Florida received an unsigned letter from CVS/pharmacy informing them that the company's pharmacists would no longer fill prescriptions they write for painkillers and other powerful, addictive drugs. #bioethics

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