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The American Journal of Bioethics
Volume 8 Number 4 | April 2008
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Editorial

Stem Cells and Genetic Testing: The Gap Between Science and Society Widens
by Ricki Lewis
AJOB 2008; 8(4):1
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Target Articles

Does Ethics Education Influence the Moral Action of Practicing Nurses and Social Workers?
by Christine Grady, Marion Danis, Adrienne Farrar, Patricia O'Donnell, Karen L Soeken, Carol Taylor, Connie Ulrich
AJOB 2008; 8(4):4
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Open Peer Commentary

The Challenge of Research on Ethics Education
by Jennifer C Kesselheim, Steven Joffe
AJOB 2008; 8(4):12
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Comforting Presence: The Role of Nurses and Social Workers in Clinical Ethics
by Alan B. Jotkowitz, Benjamin Gesundheit
AJOB 2008; 8(4):14
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Seeking Proof Where the Subject is Ill-Defined and the Outcomes Limited
by Karolyn Leslea, Michael Carey, Ian Kerridge
AJOB 2008; 8(4):15
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Mixed Methods and Bioethics Pedagogy: Suggestions for Future Research
by Paul Brodwin
AJOB 2008; 8(4):17
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The Professional Ills of Moral Distress and Nurse Retention: Is Ethics Education an Antidote?
by Kellie R Lang
AJOB 2008; 8(4):19
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An Urgent Call for Ethics Education
by Lucia D Wocial
AJOB 2008; 8(4):21
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A Plea for Pragmatism in Clinical Research Ethics
by David H Brendel, Franklin G. Miller
AJOB 2008; 8(4):24
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Open Peer Commentary

Pragmatism, Principles, and Protection
by D. Micah Hester, Joseph S. Brown, Toby Schonfeld
AJOB 2008; 8(4):32
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Minority Report
by Howard Trachtman
AJOB 2008; 8(4):34
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Misplaced Flexibility: Revise Policies but Cling to Principles
by Ryan E. Lawrence, Farr A. Curlin
AJOB 2008; 8(4):36
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Institutional Review Boards Lack the Moral Legitimacy to Reinterpret Subpart D
by Robert M. Nelson
AJOB 2008; 8(4):37
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Is Pragmatism Just an Apology for Unrestrained Science?
by Merle Spriggs
AJOB 2008; 8(4):39
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Towards a Reasons-Based Pragmatic Ethical Framework
by A.M. Viens
AJOB 2008; 8(4):41
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Pragmatism and Virtue Ethics in Clinical Research
by Daniel S. Goldberg
AJOB 2008; 8(4):43
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Real Pragmatism, Kids, and the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA)
by Alexander A. Kon
AJOB 2008; 8(4):45
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What's In a Name?
by Bryan Benham
AJOB 2008; 8(4):47
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Making Pragmatism Practicable for the Institutional Review Board
by Christopher Robertson
AJOB 2008; 8(4):49
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Ethics and Rural Healthcare: What Really Happens? What Might Help?
by Ann Freeman Cook, Helena Hoas
AJOB 2008; 8(4):52
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Open Peer Commentary

Vast Tracts of Land: Rural Healthcare Culture
by Craig M. Klugman
AJOB 2008; 8(4):57
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Ethical Problems in Rural Healthcare: Local Symptoms, Systemic Disease
by Christopher P Morley, Peter G Beatty
AJOB 2008; 8(4):59
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Preventive Ethics and Rural Healthcare: Addressing Issues on a Systems Level
by Anthony Vernillo
AJOB 2008; 8(4):61
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An Alternative Strategy for Resolving Ethical Dilemmas in Rural Healthcare
by Jane Nelson Bolin, John Holcomb, Kathy Mechler, Josie Williams
AJOB 2008; 8(4):63
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Distinct Rural Ethics
by Andrew Crowden
AJOB 2008; 8(4):65
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Moral Courage Through a Collective Voice
by Julie M. Aultman
AJOB 2008; 8(4):67
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Multi-Institutional Ethics Committees: For Rural Hospitals, and Urban Ones Too
by Thaddeus Mason Pope
AJOB 2008; 8(4):69
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Book Reviews

Review of Christopher Meyers. A Practical Guide to Clinical Ethics Consulting: Expertise, Ethos and Power. *
by Armand H.M. Antommaria
AJOB 2008; 8(4):72
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Review of L. Pessini, C. de Paul de Barchifontaine, and F. Lolas (eds.). Perspectivas de la Biotica en Iberoamrica [Ibero-American Perspectives on Bioethics]. *
by Antonio Casado da Rocha
AJOB 2008; 8(4):74
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Correspondence

Response to Peer Commentary on Does Ethics Education Influence the Moral Action of Practicing Nurses and Social Workers?
by Christine Grady, Marion Danis, Adrienne Farrar, Patricia P. O'Rourke, Karen L Soeken, Carol Taylor, Connie Ulrich
AJOB 2008; 8(4):W1
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Revisiting Ethics and Rural Healthcare: What Really Happens? What Might Help?
by Ann Freeman Cook, Helena Hoas
AJOB 2008; 8(4):W3
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