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The American Journal of Bioethics
Volume 6 Number 5 | September-October 2006
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Editorial

Will Bioethics Take the Life of Philosophy?
by Glenn McGee
AJOB 2006; 6(5):1
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Strange Bedfellows? Reflections on Bioethics' Role in Disaster Response Planning
by Jessica W. Berg, Nicholas King
AJOB 2006; 6(5):3
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Blastomere Blasphemy
by Ricki Lewis
AJOB 2006; 6(5):W38
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Taking Stem Cells Seriously
by Jonathan D. Moreno, Sam Berger
AJOB 2006; 6(5):6
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Target Articles

Damage Compounded: Disparities, Distrust, and Disparate Impact in End-of-Life Conflict Resolution Policies
by Mary Ellen Wojtasiewicz
AJOB 2006; 6(5):8
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Open Peer Commentary

Our Cultures, Our Selves: Toward an Honest Dialogue on Race and End-of-Life Decisions
by Mark G. Kuczewski
AJOB 2006; 6(5):17
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Multiculturalism and End-of-Life Care: The New Israeli Law for the Terminally III Patient
by Alan B. Jotkowitz, Avraham Steinberg
AJOB 2006; 6(5):17
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Futility—From Hospital Policies to State Laws
by Robert D. Truog
AJOB 2006; 6(5):19
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What We Do Not Know About Racial/Ethnic Discrimination in End-of-Life Treatment Decisions
by Ellen W. Bernal
AJOB 2006; 6(5):21
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Why Should We Be Concerned About Disparate Impact?
by Ronald A. Lindsay
AJOB 2006; 6(5):23
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Erasure of the Past: How Failure to Remember Can Be a Morally Blameworthy Act
by Alison Reiheld
AJOB 2006; 6(5):25
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Damage Compounded or Damage Lessened? Disparate Impact or the Compromises of Multiculturalism?
by Sarah E. Shannon
AJOB 2006; 6(5):27
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Should Possible Disparities and Distrust Trump Do-No-Harm?
by Martin L. Smith
AJOB 2006; 6(5):28
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Unequal Stakeholders: “For You, It's an Academic Exercise; For Me, It's My Life”
by Kristi L. Kirschner
AJOB 2006; 6(5):30
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Just End-of-Life Policies and Patient Dignity
by Richard E. Grant, Michael Boylan
AJOB 2006; 6(5):32
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Pernicious Encroachment into End-of-Life Decision Making: Federal Intervention in Palliative Pain Treatment
by Jane Nelson Bolin
AJOB 2006; 6(5):34
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How Do We Avoid Compounding the Damage?
by Mary Ann Baily
AJOB 2006; 6(5):36
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Understanding Futility: Why Trust and Disparate Impact Matter As Much As What Works
by Greg Loeben
AJOB 2006; 6(5):38
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Altruistic Discourse in the Informed Consent Process for Childhood Cancer Clinical Trials
by Christian Simon, Michelle Eder, Eric Kodish, Laura A. Siminoff
AJOB 2006; 6(5):40
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Open Peer Commentary

Altruism and Pediatric Oncology Trials: It Does Not Tip the Decision-Making Scales
by Katherine Wasson
AJOB 2006; 6(5):48
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Can Children be Altruistic Research Subjects?
by Merle Spriggs
AJOB 2006; 6(5):49
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Improving Medicine through Research and the Constitutive Nature of Altruism
by D. Micah Hester, Chris Hackler
AJOB 2006; 6(5):51
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The Role of Altruism in Parental Decision-Making for Childhood Cancer Clinical Trials—Further Questions to Explore
by Liva Jacoby
AJOB 2006; 6(5):52
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Altruistic Discourse and Therapeutic Misconception in Research Informed Consent
by Steven Joffe
AJOB 2006; 6(5):53
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Altruistic Motives Reconsidered
by Rosalind Ekman Ladd, Edwin Forman
AJOB 2006; 6(5):55
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Book Reviews

A Review of: Mary and Robert Schindler, Suzanne Schindler Vitadamo, and Bobby Schindler. "A Life That Matters: The Legacy of Terri Schiavo–A Lesson For Us All”; and Michael Schiavo and Michael Hirsh. "Terri: The Truth."
by Kathy L. Cerminara
AJOB 2006; 6(5):57
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A Review of: Jing-Bao Nie. "Behind the Silence: Chinese Voices on Abortion"
by Grant Gillett
AJOB 2006; 6(5):59
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A Review of: David M. Kaplan. "Readings in the Philosophy of Technology”
by Aaron Peron Ogletree
AJOB 2006; 6(5):60
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In Focus

Race, Pharmacogenomics, and Marketing: Putting BiDil in Context
by Jonathan Kahn
AJOB 2006; 6(5):W1
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Innovation in Human Research Protection: The AbioCor Artificial Heart Trial
by E. Haavi Morreim, Baruch Brody, David Cassarett, Stan Goodman, Harvey L. Gordon, Robert Krouse, John Lantos, Barry Morenz, Ken Rosenfeld, James Sabin, George E. Webb
AJOB 2006; 6(5):W6
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Ethical Environment, Healthcare Work, and Patient Outcomes
by Charlotte McDaniel, Stephen LeConte, Agata Maciuba, Scott Peltier, Emir Veledar
AJOB 2006; 6(5):W17
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Correspondence

Response to Open Peer Commentaries on “Damage Compounded: Disparities, Distrust, and Disparate Impact in End-of-Life Conflict Resolution Policies”
by Mary Ellen Wojtasiewicz
AJOB 2006; 6(5):W30
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Letter to the Editor: End-of-Life Care and Racial Disparities: All Social and Health Care Sectors Must Respond!
by Connie C. Price, Stephen O. Sodeke
AJOB 2006; 6(5):W33
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Letter to the Editor: In Defense of the PolyHeme Trial
by Anne Hamilton Dougherty
AJOB 2006; 6(5):W35
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