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13Introduction to the Special IssuePerspectives in Biology and Medicine 60 (1): 1-1. 2017.Bioethics has been an interdisciplinary field since its inception. From the founding of the Hastings Center in 1969 and the Kennedy Institute of Ethics in 1971, scholars from many disciplines have come together to create a field of study strengthened by its interdisciplinarity. In this special issue of Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, we celebrate the interdisciplinary character of bioethics by means of essays by eight distinguished bioethics scholars hailing from backgrounds in philosophy,…Read more
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13The Ethics of Continued Life‐Sustaining Treatment for those Diagnosed as Brain‐deadBioethics 30 (3): 151-158. 2016.Given the long‐standing controversy about whether the brain‐dead should be considered alive in an irreversible coma or dead despite displaying apparent signs of life, the ethical and policy issues posed when family members insist on continued treatment are not as simple as commentators have claimed. In this article, we consider the kind of policy that should be adopted to manage a family's insistence that their brain‐dead loved one continues to receive supportive care. We argue that while it wou…Read more
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13Is heart transplantation after circulatory death compatible with the dead donor rule?Journal of Medical Ethics 42 (5): 319-320. 2016.
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13The case for a Code of Ethics for Bioethicists: Some Reasons for SkepticismAmerican Journal of Bioethics 5 (5): 50-52. 2005.1. The opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the National Institutes of Health, the Public Health Service, or the Department of Health and Human Services
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13Facing DeathPerspectives in Biology and Medicine 59 (4): 581-586. 2016.Something has changed in America with respect to facing death. As I write this review of When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi, it is number one on the New York Times nonfiction bestseller's list; number 10 is Being Mortal by Atul Gawande, on the list for 62 weeks. A few years ago, Christopher Hitchens's Mortality, a remarkable narrative of his living in the face of dying from esophageal cancer, also was a bestseller. While denial of death was thought to be an American characteristic, this m…Read more
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13On Collaboration in Bioethics ScholarshipPerspectives in Biology and Medicine 62 (1): 31-40. 2019.I came to bioethics scholarship in 1990 at age 42. My first two published papers were solo-authored. But subsequently most of my bioethics research, including 223 articles and 22 book chapters written with many coauthors, has been collaborative; and my one monograph book, Death, Dying, and Organ Transplantation, was a collaborative venture with Robert Truog. As my academic field is philosophy, where collaborative work is rare, I had no background for doing this. I lacked any formal mentorship in…Read more
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13Protocol review within the context of a research programIRB: Ethics & Human Research 20 (4): 7. 1998.
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12Reining in the Placebo EffectPerspectives in Biology and Medicine 61 (3): 335-348. 2018.The placebo effect, in recent years, has been the focus of extensive scientific inquiry and public fascination, as reflected in articles in the news media. Authors writing about placebo effects often mention the goal of harnessing the placebo effect for the benefit of patients in clinical practice. This suggests that the placebo effect is like a powerful horse, which needs to be put in harness in order to do useful work. However, developing an accurate understanding of what has been labelled, of…Read more
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12A Normative Justification for Distinguishing the Ethics of Clinical Research from the Ethics of Medical CareJournal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 33 (3): 566-574. 2005.In the research ethics literature, there is strong disagreement about the ethical acceptability of placebo-controlled trials, particularly when a tested therapy aims to alleviate a condition for which standard treatment exists. Recently, this disagreement has given rise to debate over the moral appropriateness of the principle of clinical equipoise for medical research. Underlying these debates are two fundamentally different visions of the moral obligations that investigators owe their subjects…Read more
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11Research involving those at risk for impaired decision-making capacityIn Ezekiel J. Emanuel (ed.), The Oxford textbook of clinical research ethics, Oxford University Press. pp. 437--445. 2008.
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11Introduction to the Special SectionPerspectives in Biology and Medicine 66 (1): 1-2. 2023.In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Introduction to the Special SectionFranklin G. MillerHappy is a female elephant who has been confined at the Bronx Zoo for over 40 years. In 2018 the Nonhuman Rights Project sued the Wildlife Conservation Society, which manages the zoo, seeking habeas corpus for Happy in order to release her to an elephant sanctuary. Numerous amicus curiae briefs were filed in favor and against the petition on behalf of Happy. The case reached the hi…Read more
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11Bioethics as a VocationPerspectives in Biology and Medicine 63 (3): 429-443. 2020.In this essay I offer practical guidance aimed at promoting competence and success in the activity of bioethics scholarship. I present a set of maxims or rules of thumb, which I exemplify and explicate by drawing on my own work, encompassing 30 years of practicing bioethics scholarship, formal and informal mentoring, extensive peer reviewing for bioethics, biomedical, and philosophy journals, and several years as Deputy Editor of Perspectives in Biology and Medicine—an interdisciplinary journal …Read more
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10The Ethics of Everyday Life in the Midst of a PandemicHastings Center Report 50 (3): 6-7. 2020.Elderly individuals are at higher risk of serious illness and death if they become infected by the coronavirus. During the current pandemic, my wife and I, at ages seventy‐two and seventy‐one, respectively, have been paying a person laid off from a job to purchase groceries—a practice that exposes the shopper to risk of infection for our benefit. In this essay, I examine this practice with respect to the normative concepts of treating another person as a means, coercion, exploitation, and compli…Read more
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9The Ethical Challenge of Human ResearchOxford University Press. 2012.This book contains 22 essays on the ethics of research involving human subjects written over a 15-year period. Topics addressed include the ethics of clinical trials, controversial study designs, and informed consent.
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8The Rationale for Placebo-Controlled Trials: Methodology and Policy ConsiderationsAmerican Journal of Bioethics 9 (9): 49-50. 2009.
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8The ethics of placebo treatments in clinical practice: a reply to GlackinJournal of Medical Ethics 41 (8): 673-676. 2015.
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8Palliative care and ethics (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2014.Hospice is the premiere end of life program in the United States, but its requirement that patients forgo disease-directed therapies and that they have a prognosis of 6 months or less means that it serves less than half of dying patients and often for very short periods of time. Palliative care offers careful attention to pain and symptom management, added support for patients and families, and assistance with difficult medical decision making alongside any and all desired medical treatments, bu…Read more
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7Striking the Right Balance in Research Ethics and RegulationAmerican Journal of Bioethics 10 (8): 65-65. 2010.This Article does not have an abstract
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7Revisiting the Distinction and the Connection Between Research and PracticePerspectives in Biology and Medicine 63 (2): 277-292. 2020.The Belmont Report begins with the sentence, “It is important to distinguish between biomedical and behavioral research, on the one hand, and the practice of accepted therapy on the other”. Writing an essay in a journal issue devoted to the 40th anniversary of the Belmont Report offers an opportunity not only to examine critically a theme addressed in this remarkable document—the distinction between research and practice—but also to reflect on the role of this theme as a major dimension of my wo…Read more
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6Editors' IntroductionPerspectives in Biology and Medicine 59 (1): 1-1. 2016.On June 16, 1966, the New England Journal of Medicine published “Ethics and Clinical Research” by Henry K. Beecher. Beecher’s account of 22 examples of unethical contemporary clinical research shook up the medical profession and helped pave the way for U.S. federal regulation of research involving human subjects. Five decades later, in this issue of Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, we pay tribute to the lasting significance of this whistle-blowing article and to the remarkable contributions…Read more
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5Klinischer Pragmatismus: eine Methode moralischer ProblemlösungIn Nikola Biller-Andorno, Settimio Monteverde, Tanja Krones & Tobias Eichinger (eds.), Medizinethik, Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. pp. 111-129. 2021.Der folgende Artikel ist im Jahr 2003 unter dem Titel „Clinical Pragmatism: A Method of Moral Problem Solving“ in dem Sammelband „Pragmatic bioethics“ erschienen, welcher sich mit der Bedeutung der pragmatistischen Philosophie für die Praxis befasst. In dem vom Internisten und Bioethiker Joseph J. Fins, dem Thoraxchirurgen Matthew D. Bacchetta und dem Philosophen und Medizinethiker Franklin G. Miller verfassten Beitrag wird der pragmatistische Ansatz in der klinischen Ethik anhand eines Fallbeis…Read more
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5Recruiting Research ParticipantsIn Ezekiel J. Emanuel (ed.), The Oxford textbook of clinical research ethics, Oxford University Press. pp. 397. 2008.
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5Justice in Research on Human SubjectsIn Rosamond Rhodes, Leslie P. Francis & Anita Silvers (eds.), The Blackwell Guide to Medical Ethics, Blackwell. 2007.The prelims comprise: Introduction Historical Background The Role of Health Research in Promoting Social Justice Justice in Setting Research Priorities Justice Concerns within the Research Context Case Study: The Investigation of Alternative Lead Abatement Procedures by the Kennedy Krieger Institute Conclusion Note References.
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