Vol. 13 No. 6 | June 2013

Vol. 13 No. 6 | June 2013

ISBN: 1526-5161

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Nudging and Informed Consent

Shlomo Cohen

Libertarian paternalism’s notion of “nudging” refers to steering individual decision making so as to make choosers better off without breaching their free choice. If successful, this may offer an ideal synthesis between the duty to respect patient autonomy and that of beneficence, which at times favors paternalistic influence. A growing body of literature attempts to assess the merits of...

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Open Peer Commentary

Nudging, Autonomy, and Valid Consent: Context Matters Franklin G. Miller & Luke Gelinas
Presumed Consent Models and Health Information Exchanges: Hard Nudges and Ambiguous Benefits Ricky T. Munoz, Mark D. Fox & Michael R. Gomez
Nudging and the Complicated Real Life of “Informed Consent” Charles Douglas & Emily Proudfoot
Nudging Without Ethical Fudging: Clarifying Physician Obligations to Avoid Ethical Compromise Emily Bell, Veljko Dubljevic & Eric Racine
Trust Versus Paternalism Mark Sagoff
Should We Nudge Informed Consent? Thom Brooks
Context Is All Important in Investigating Attitudes: Acceptability Depends on the Nature of the Nudge, Who Nudges, and Who Is Nudged Jayne Lucke
And as for the Nudgees? Giles R. Scofield
Habits, Nudges, and Consent Ezio Di Nucci
“Nudging” and Informed Consent Revisited: Why “Nudging” Fails in the Clinical Context Søren Holm & Thomas Ploug
On Nudging and Informed Consent—Four Key Undefended Premises J. S. Swindell Blumenthal-Barby
Nudging in Interpersonal Contexts Yashar Saghai
Nudging the Older Person Into Care: An End to the Dilemma? Julian C. Hughes, Marie Poole & Stephen J. Louw
Autonomy Support to Foster Individuals’ Flourishing Saskia K. Nagel & Peter B. Reiner

Toward a More Stable Blood Supply: Charitable Incentives, Donation Rates, and the Experience of September 11

Reuben G. Sass

Although excess blood collection has characterized U.S. national disasters, most dramatically in the case of September 11, periodic shortages of blood have recurred for decades. In response, I propose a new model of medical philanthropy, one that specifically uses charitable contributions to health care as blood donation incentives. I explain how the surge in blood donations following 9/11 was bot...

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Open Peer Commentary

A Gift That Some Cannot Give: The Ethical Significance of the Ban on Gay/Bisexual Men as Blood Donors Jason Behrmann & Vardit Ravitsky
A Canadian Perspective on Sass's Proposal to Initiate Charitable Incentives for Blood Donation G. K. D. Crozier
Access, Entanglement, and Prosociality Robert Mitchell
Charitable Incentives for Blood Donation Are Promising, But Require Careful Consideration Dominique Martin
Medical Philanthropy and Blood Supply in Light of Ethical Documents and Principles Carlo Petrini

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