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The American Journal of Bioethics
Volume 7 Number 3 | March 2007
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Editorial

Playing It Safe
by David Magnus
AJOB 2007; 7(3):1
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What Vaccination Programs Mean for Research
by Jeffrey P. Kahn
AJOB 2007; 7(3):3
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Target Articles

Determining Risk in Pediatric Research with No Prospect of Direct Benefit: Time for a National Consensus on the Interpretation of Federal Regulations
by Celia B. Fisher, Susan Z. Kornetsky, Ernest D. Prentice
AJOB 2007; 7(3):5
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Open Peer Commentary

Research in Wonderland: Does "Minimal Risk" Mean Whatever an Institutional Review Board Says It Means?
by John Lantos
AJOB 2007; 7(3):11
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Is Risky Pediatric Research Without Prospect of Direct Benefit Ever Justified?
by Rebecca A. Martin, Jason Scott Robert
AJOB 2007; 7(3):12
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When Can Children With Conditions Be in No-Benefit, Higher-Hazard Pediatric Studies?
by Loretta M. Kopelman
AJOB 2007; 7(3):15
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When "Risk" and "Benefit" Are Open to Interpretation - As Is Generally the Case
by Merle Spriggs
AJOB 2007; 7(3):17
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Instead of Revising Half the Story, Why Not Rewrite the Whole Thing?
by Holly A. Taylor
AJOB 2007; 7(3):19
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The Risky Business of Assessing Research Risk
by Alexander A. Kon
AJOB 2007; 7(3):21
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Difficult Hospital Inpatient Discharge Decisions: Ethical, Legal and Clinical Practice Issues
by Robert N. Swidler, Terese Seastrum, Wayne Shelton
AJOB 2007; 7(3):23
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Open Peer Commentary

Discharge Dilemmas as System Failures
by John D. Banja, Jennifer Eig, Mark V. Williams
AJOB 2007; 7(3):29
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Difficult Discharge: Lessons from the Oncology Setting
by Chad F. Slieper, Laurel R. Hyle, Maria Alma Rodriguez
AJOB 2007; 7(3):31
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Changing Policy to Reflect a Concern for Patients Who Sign Out Against Medical Advice
by Alissa Hurwitz Swota
AJOB 2007; 7(3):32
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When Cure Entails Care
by Monique Lanoix
AJOB 2007; 7(3):34
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Holding the Hospital Hostage
by Ferdinand D. Yates Jr.
AJOB 2007; 7(3):36
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Compelled Authorizations for Disclosure of Health Records: Magnitude and Implications
by Mark A. Rothstein, Meghan K. Talbott
AJOB 2007; 7(3):38
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Open Peer Commentary

Practical, State, and Federal Limits on the Scope of Compelled Disclosure of Health Records
by Alicia Ouellette, Jacob Reider
AJOB 2007; 7(3):46
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Addressing Privacy Concerns Through the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Privacy Rule
by Sharona Hoffman
AJOB 2007; 7(3):48
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Physicians, Patients and Confidentiality: The Role of Physicians in Electronic Health Records
by Lee Black, Emily E. Anderson
AJOB 2007; 7(3):50
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The Flaw of Informed Consent
by James A. Hodge
AJOB 2007; 7(3):52
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Book Reviews

Review of Leonard J. Weber, Profits Before People? Ethical Standards and the Marketing of Prescription Drugs.
by Jerome P. Kassirer
AJOB 2007; 7(3):54
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Review of John P. Lizza. Persons, Humanity, and the Definition of Death.
by Jason T. Eberl
AJOB 2007; 7(3):55
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Review of Side Effects and Money Talks: Profits Before Patient Safety, DVD, Hummingbird Pictures, USA.
by Jessica W. Berg
AJOB 2007; 7(3):58
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Correspondence

Response to Open Peer Commentaries on "Compelled Authorizations for Disclosure of Health Records: Magnitude and Implications"
by Mark A. Rothstein, Meghan K. Talbott
AJOB 2007; 7(3):W1
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