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    The Ethics of Smart Pills and Self-Acting Devices: Autonomy, Truth-Telling, and Trust at the Dawn of Digital Medicine
    with Craig M. Klugman, Laura B. Dunn, and I. Glenn Cohen
    American Journal of Bioethics 18 (9): 38-47. 2018.
    Digital medicine is a medical treatment that combines technology with drug delivery. The promises of this combination are continuous and remote monitoring, better disease management, self-tracking, self-management of diseases, and improved treatment adherence. These devices pose ethical challenges for patients, providers, and the social practice of medicine. For patients, having both informed consent and a user agreement raises questions of understanding for autonomy and informed consent, therap…Read more
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    Universal and Uniform Protections of Human Subjects in Research
    with Adil E. Shamoo
    American Journal of Bioethics 8 (11): 3-5. 2008.
    A broad consensus affirms the concept that all human beings have equal moral worth (Beauchamp and Childress 1994; Rawls 1971). Translating this ethical norm into practice requires careful attention...
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    Maryland’s Experience With the COVID-19 Surge: What Worked, What Didn’t, What Next?
    with H. Gwon, M. Haeri, D. E. Hoffmann, A. Khan, A. Kelmenson, J. F. Kraus, C. Onyegwara, C. Paradissis, G. Povar, F. Sheikh, and A. J. Tarzian
    American Journal of Bioethics 20 (7): 150-152. 2020.
    Volume 20, Issue 7, July 2020, Page 150-152.
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    A Pocketful of Justice: Will Digital Medicine Be Available to the Poor?
    Journal of Clinical Ethics 31 (1): 68-73. 2020.
    Digital medicine—a drug delivered with an ingestion sensor and related data collection system—has potential clinical value, especially for people whose lives are made more disorganized by poverty-related stress. It would be unjust if poor people were effectively barred from this treatment modality. Yet, unless a concerted effort is made to enable access through provision of smartphones to those who cannot afford them, this injustice will aggravate the digital divide in clinical care.
  • Analysis: A Legal Perspective
    Journal of Clinical Ethics 27 (1): 62-63. 2016.
    This commentary summarizes the uncertain state of the law regarding consent for posthumous gamete retrieval. The emergence of a legal framework will be aided by the kind of ethical analysis prompted by this family’s request for removal and preservation of a deceased patient’s ovaries.