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The American Journal of Bioethics
Volume 4 Number 3 | September 2004
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Editorial

A New Era for AJOB
by David Magnus, Paul Root Wolpe, Kelly A. Carroll, Glenn McGee
AJOB 2004; 4(3):10l
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Target Articles

On the Ethics of Facial Transplant Research
by Osborne P. Wiggins, John H. Barker, Michael Cunningham, Cedric G. Francois, Frederico V. Grossi, Moshe Kon, Claudio Maldonado, Serge Martinez, Gustavo Perez-Abadia, Marieke Vossen, Joseph C. Banis
AJOB 2004; 4(3):1
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Open Peer Commentary

Should We Be Putting a Good Face on Facial Transplantation
by Carson Strong
AJOB 2004; 4(3):13
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A surgeons' perspective on the ethics of face transplantation
by Francois Petit, Antoine Paraskevas, Laurent Lantieri
AJOB 2004; 4(3):14
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Face transplantation: When and for whom?
by Peter E. M. Butler, Alex Clarke, Richard Ashcroft
AJOB 2004; 4(3):16
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Facing Ourselves
by Arthur L. Caplan
AJOB 2004; 4(3):18
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How to Do Things with AJOB: The Case of Facial Transplantation
by Tod S. Chambers
AJOB 2004; 4(3):20
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Psychological Aspects of Face Transplantation: Read the Small Print Carefully
by Nichola Rumsey
AJOB 2004; 4(3):22
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Facing the Ethical Questions in Facial Transplantation
by George J. Agich, Maria Siemionow
AJOB 2004; 4(3):25
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About Face: Downplaying the Role of the Press in Facial Transplantation Research
by E. Haavi Morreim
AJOB 2004; 4(3):27
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A Face is Not Just Like a Hand: pace Barker
by Francoise Baylis
AJOB 2004; 4(3):30
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Face Transplants: Enriching the Debate
by John A. Robertson
AJOB 2004; 4(3):32
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Facial Transplantation Research: A Need for Additional Deliberation
by Karen J. Maschke, Eric Trump
AJOB 2004; 4(3):33
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On Not Taking Objective Risk Assessments at Face Value
by Rachel A. Ankeny, Ian Kerridge
AJOB 2004; 4(3):35
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Facing the Consequences of Facial Transplantation: Individual Choices, Social Effects
by Sara Goering
AJOB 2004; 4(3):37
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Medical Ethicists, Human Curiosities, and the New Media Midway
by Steven Miles
AJOB 2004; 4(3):39
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The Limitations of “Vulnerability” as a Protection for Human Research Participants
by Carol Levine, Ruth R. Faden, Christine Grady, Dale Hammerschmidt, Lisa Eckenwiler, Jeremy Sugarman
AJOB 2004; 4(3):44
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Open Peer Commentary

Vulnerability to Influence – A Two-Way Street
by Gail E. Henderson, Arlene M. Davis, Nancy M.P. King
AJOB 2004; 4(3):50
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The Natural History of Vulnerability
by Jonathan D. Moreno
AJOB 2004; 4(3):52
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Vulnerable Subjects and Civic Professionalism: Would Six-Sigma Research and Research Ethics Consultation Solve the Vulnerability Problem?
by Mary Faith Marshall
AJOB 2004; 4(3):54
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Historical Vulnerability and Special Scrutiny: Precautions Against Discrimination in Medical Research
by Anita Silvers
AJOB 2004; 4(3):56
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“Vulnerability” in Context: Recognizing the Socio-Political Influences
by Amy T. Campbell
AJOB 2004; 4(3):58
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Protecting the Vulnerable
by Nancy S. Jecker
AJOB 2004; 4(3):60
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Vulnerability from a global medicine perspective
by Alan B. Jotkowitz
AJOB 2004; 4(3):62
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Research Subjects in Developing Nations and Vulnerability
by David B. Resnik
AJOB 2004; 4(3):63
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Vulnerability as the Inability of Researchers to Act in the Best Interest of a Subject
by Ari M. VanderWalde
AJOB 2004; 4(3):65
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Participatory research: A way to reduce vulnerability
by Luis Justo
AJOB 2004; 4(3):67
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Vulnerability in Human Subject Research: Existential State, Not Category Designation
by Stuart G. Finder
AJOB 2004; 4(3):68
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The Limitations of “Limitations”
by Kenneth Kipnis
AJOB 2004; 4(3):70
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Subject Vulnerability: The Precautionary Principle Of Human Research
by Frederick Grinnell
AJOB 2004; 4(3):72
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Strategies for Achieving High-Quality IRB Review
by Dorothy E. Vawter, Karen G. Gervais, Thomas B. Freeman
AJOB 2004; 4(3):74
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Looking Beyond the Limitations of Vulnerability: Reforming Safeguards in Research
by Debra A. DeBruin
AJOB 2004; 4(3):76
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Design and Direction in Research Ethics: A Question of Direction
by Chalmers C. Clark
AJOB 2004; 4(3):78
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Equal Protection Clause Enforcement as a Model for Protecting Vulnerable Human Research Subjects
by Sandra A. Garcia
AJOB 2004; 4(3):81
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Vulnerability: A Needed Moral Safeguard
by Joseph P. DeMarco
AJOB 2004; 4(3):82
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Contextualizing the Vulnerability Standard
by Tricha Shivas
AJOB 2004; 4(3):84
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Improving Fairness in Coverage Decisions: Performance Expectations for Quality Improvement
by Matthew K. Wynia, Deborah Cummins, David Fleming, Kari Karsjens, Amber Orr, James Sabin, Inger Saphire-Bernstein, Renee Witlen
AJOB 2004; 4(3):87
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Open Peer Commentary

The Elephant in the Living Room of the House of Health Care
by Richard D. Lamm
AJOB 2004; 4(3):101
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Improving Fairness in Coverage Decisions: Insights from the Harvard Community Health Plan’s LORAN Commission Report
by John J. Paris
AJOB 2004; 4(3):103
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Measuring Fairness: An Opportunity for Empirical Ethics
by Donald Light
AJOB 2004; 4(3):105
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Improving Fairness in Coverage Decisions: An Application of the Ethical Force Program’s Recommendations to Infertility Treatment
by Michelle K. Goldberg
AJOB 2004; 4(3):106
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Report's framework offers good foundation for future prioritization of health care that is applicable across health care systems
by Lauri Vuorenkoski
AJOB 2004; 4(3):108
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Improving Fairness in Coverage Decisions: Appearance or Reality?
by Mary Ann Baily
AJOB 2004; 4(3):110
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Supplementing the Fairness Framework: System-level and Implementation Concerns
by Mary Anderlik Majumder
AJOB 2004; 4(3):112
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The Ethical Quality Report Card: Confronting Rationing
by Martin A. Strosberg
AJOB 2004; 4(3):114
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Fairness in Context: The Real vs. the Ideal
by Jacquelyn Slomka
AJOB 2004; 4(3):115
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Clinical Justice Guiding Medical Allocations
by Rosamond Rhodes
AJOB 2004; 4(3):116
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Wanted: More Assistance in Benefits Design
by Karen G. Gervais, J. Eline Garrett
AJOB 2004; 4(3):119
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Mythic Ideals
by David Steinberg
AJOB 2004; 4(3):122
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Obligations and Marginal Decisions in a Fair Health System
by Jeffrey T. Berger
AJOB 2004; 4(3):123
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Book Reviews

Better Bioethics through Literature? Review of The President's Council on Bioethics, Being Human: Readings from the President's Council on Bioethics
by Timothy F. Murphy
AJOB 2004; 4(3):125
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Review of Richard B. Miller, Children, Ethics, and Modern Medicine
by Armand H.M. Antommaria
AJOB 2004; 4(3):127
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In Focus

Revisiting “Freely Given Informed Consent” in Relation to the Developing World: Role of an Ombudsman
by Athula Sumathipala, Sisira Siribaddana
AJOB 2004; 4(3):W1
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By-Person Factor Analysis in Clinical Ethical Decision Making: Q methodology in End of Life Care Decisions
by William Wong, Arnold R. Eiser, Paul S. Heckerling, Robert G. Mrtek
AJOB 2004; 4(3):W8
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Correspondence

Response to Selected Commentaries on the AJOB Target Article “On the Ethics of Facial Transplantation Research”
by Joseph C. Banis, John H. Barker, Michael Cunningham, Cedric G. Francois, Allen Furr, Federico Grossi, Moshe Kon, Claudio Maldonado, Serge Martinez, Gustavo Perez-Abadia, Marieke Vossen, Osborne P. Wiggins
AJOB 2004; 4(3):W23-W31
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A Response to Commentators on “The Limitations of 'Vulnerability' as a Protection for Human Research Participants”
by Carol Levine, Ruth R. Faden, Christine Grady, Dale Hammerschmidt, Lisa Eckenwiler, Jeremy Sugarman
AJOB 2004; 4(3):W32
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Facing the Truth: A Response to “On the Ethics of Facial Transplantation Research” by Wiggins et al.
by Howard Trachtman
AJOB 2004; 4(3):W33-W34
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Author Response to Letter Regarding “Children in Clinical Research: A Conflict of Moral Values” (AJOB 3:1)
by Vera Hassner Sharav
AJOB 2004; 4(3):W35
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Charles Barkley's Dilemma: A Response to “The Professionalism Movement: Can We Pause?” by Delese Wear and Mark G. Kuczewski (AJOB 4:2)
by Howard Trachtman
AJOB 2004; 4(3):W38-W39
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A Response to Commentators on “Improving Fairness in Coverage Decisions: Performance Expectations for Quality Improvement”
by Matthew K. Wynia, Deborah Cummins, David Fleming, Kari Karsjens, Amber Orr, James Sabin, Inger Saphire-Bernstein, Renee Witlen
AJOB 2004; 4(3):W40-W42
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