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    Ethical challenges with the left ventricular assist device as a destination therapy
    with Aaron G. Rizzieri, Joseph L. Verheijde, and Mohamed Y. Rady
    Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 3 1-15. 2008.
    The left ventricular assist device was originally designed to be surgically implanted as a bridge to transplantation for patients with chronic end-stage heart failure. On the basis of the REMATCH trial, the US Food and Drug Administration and the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services approved permanent implantation of the left ventricular assist device as a destination therapy in Medicare beneficiaries who are not candidates for heart transplantation. The use of the left ventricular assist…Read more
  •  25
    Genome Justice: Genetics and Group Rights
    with Rebecca Tsosie
    Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 35 (3): 352-355. 2007.
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    The United States Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006): New challenges to balancing patient rights and physician responsibilities
    with Joseph L. Verheijde and Mohamed Y. Rady
    Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 2 19. 2007.
    Advance health care directives and informed consent remain the cornerstones of patients' right to self-determination regarding medical care and preferences at the end-of-life. However, the effectiveness and clinical applicability of advance health care directives to decision-making on the use of life support systems at the end-of-life is questionable. The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (UAGA) has been revised in 2006 to permit the use of life support systems at or near death for the purpose of maxi…Read more
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    Brain death, states of impaired consciousness, and physician-assisted death for end-of-life organ donation and transplantation
    with Joseph L. Verheijde and Mohamed Y. Rady
    Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 12 (4): 409-421. 2009.
    In 1968, the Harvard criteria equated irreversible coma and apnea with human death and later, the Uniform Determination of Death Act was enacted permitting organ procurement from heart-beating donors. Since then, clinical studies have defined a spectrum of states of impaired consciousness in human beings: coma, akinetic mutism, minimally conscious state, vegetative state and brain death. In this article, we argue against the validity of the Harvard criteria for equating brain death with human de…Read more
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    Population Genomics and Research Ethics with Socially Identifable Groups
    Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 35 (3): 356-370. 2007.
    In this paper, the author questions whether the research ethics guidelines and procedures are robust enough to protect groups when conducting genetics research with socially identifiable populations, particularly with Native American groups. The author argues for a change in the federal guidelines in substance and procedures of conducting genetic research with socially identifiable groups
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    Mass media campaigns and organ donation: managing conflicting messages and interests (review)
    with Mohamed Y. Rady and Joseph L. Verheijde
    Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 15 (2): 229-241. 2012.
    Mass media campaigns are widely and successfully used to change health decisions and behaviors for better or for worse in society. In the United States, media campaigns have been launched at local offices of the states’ department of motor vehicles to promote citizens’ willingness to organ donation and donor registration. We analyze interventional studies of multimedia communication campaigns to encourage organ-donor registration at local offices of states’ department of motor vehicles. The medi…Read more
  • Alan Wertheimer, Exploitation Reviewed by
    Philosophy in Review 17 (1): 73-75. 1997.
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    Brain death, states of impaired consciousness, and physician-assisted death for end-of-life organ donation and transplantation
    with Joseph L. Verheijde and Mohamed Y. Rady
    Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 12 (4): 491-491. 2009.
  •  15
    Population Genomics and Research Ethics with Socially Identifiable Groups
    Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 35 (3): 356-370. 2007.
    The genetic revolution is well underway, with genetic research and knowledge expanding at an exponential rate. Much of the new genetics research is focused on population groups, and proponents of “population genomics” argue that such studies are necessary since genetic “variation” among human populations holds the most promise for technological innovations that can improve human health and lead to increased understanding of the origin of human populations. Population genomic research thus target…Read more
  •  40
    Transparency and accountability in mass media campaigns about organ donation: a response to Morgan and Feeley
    with Mohamed Y. Rady and Joseph L. Verheijde
    Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 16 (4): 869-876. 2013.
    We respond to Morgan and Feeley’s critique on our article “Mass Media in Organ Donation: Managing Conflicting Messages and Interests.” We noted that Morgan and Feeley agree with the position that the primary aims of media campaigns are: “to educate the general public about organ donation process” and “help individuals make informed decisions” about organ donation. For those reasons, the educational messages in media campaigns should not be restricted to “information from pilot work or focus grou…Read more
  • A Critical Analysis of "Coercion" and its Application to Contract Law
    Dissertation, The University of Arizona. 1985.
    The value of liberty is one of our most fundamental commitments. Given this commitment, judgments concerning coercion are of profound moral significance. The concept of liberty is usually defined as the absence of coercion; so defined, the very important moral and political value of liberty is safeguarded only when coercion is excluded. Presently, the concept of coercion is inadequately defined, and in drastic need of clear analysis. An important area in which individuals express their liberty i…Read more
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    A little more than two years ago, a Texas woman, faced with a knife-wielding intruder demanding sex from her, tried to talk her attacker into wearing a condom to protect herself against the possibility of contracting AIDS. A grand jury refused to indict the man because jurors believed that the woman's act of self-protection implied that she had consented to sex.
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    Apnea Testing is Medical Treatment Requiring Informed Consent
    with Greg Yanke, Mohamed Y. Rady, and Joseph Verheijde
    American Journal of Bioethics 20 (6): 22-24. 2020.
    Volume 20, Issue 6, June 2020, Page 22-24.
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    Bargaining Advantages and Coercion in the Market
    Philosophy Research Archives 14 23-50. 1988.
    Does the “free market” foster more freedom for individuals generally and less coercion? Libertarians and other market advocates argue that the unfettered market maximizes freedom and hence has less coercion than any feasible alternative. Welfare liberals, Socialist, and Marxists, in different ways, argue against the claim that the unrestricted market maximizes freedom generally. Both supporters and critics agree that coercion undermines freedom and that that is what is ultimately prima facie wro…Read more
  •  64
    Bargaining Advantages and Coercion in the Market
    Philosophy Research Archives 14 23-50. 1988.
    Does the “free market” foster more freedom for individuals generally and less coercion? Libertarians and other market advocates argue that the unfettered market maximizes freedom and hence has less coercion than any feasible alternative. Welfare liberals, Socialist, and Marxists, in different ways, argue against the claim that the unrestricted market maximizes freedom generally. Both supporters and critics agree that coercion undermines freedom and that that is what is ultimately prima facie wro…Read more
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    Background Requirements for organ donation after cardiac or imminent death have been introduced to address the transplantable organs shortage in the United States. Organ procurement organizations increasingly use the Internet for organ donation consent. Methods An analysis of OPO Web sites available to the public for enrollment and consent for organ donation. The Web sites and consent forms were examined for the minimal information recommended by the United States Department of Health and Human …Read more
  •  88
    Organ procurement organizations internet enrollment for organ donation: Abandoning informed consent (review)
    with Sandra Woien, Mohamad Rady, and Joseph Verheijde
    BMC Medical Ethics 7 (1): 1-9. 2006.
    Background Requirements for organ donation after cardiac or imminent death have been introduced to address the transplantable organs shortage in the United States. Organ procurement organizations (OPOs) increasingly use the Internet for organ donation consent. Methods An analysis of OPO Web sites available to the public for enrollment and consent for organ donation. The Web sites and consent forms were examined for the minimal information recommended by the United States Department of Health and…Read more
  •  59
    Reid on Justice as a Natural Virtue
    The Monist 70 (4): 483-495. 1987.
    Thomas Reid’s positive account of justice as a natural virtue must be extracted from his polemic on Hume’s theory that justice is an artificial virtue. For Hume, the conceptual analysis of justice is in terms of agreement and hence, it is absurd to suppose that any act is unjust prior to Humean agreement. Hume maintains that no man is obliged to obey the rules of justice unless others agree to do likewise; by implication, there can be no injustices in the state of nature. Reid categorically deni…Read more
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    Values, ethics and personal responsibility (edited book)
    with Jack Crittenden
    Arizona Town Hall. 2000.
    The basics -- The family as an institution for the development of values -- The role of community and culture in shaping land use policy -- The mending wall : religion and ethics at the dawn of a century -- Character education : a dialogue -- Restoring trust in government : the role of integrity and responsiveness -- Is there a crisis of citizenship? -- Organizational ethics and responsibility -- Media ethics -- Reflections on values, ethics, and personal responsibility.
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    No moral absolutes
    American Journal of Bioethics 6 (2). 2006.
    This Article does not have an abstract
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    Introduction
    Law and Philosophy 11 (1-2): 1-3. 1992.
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    Defining the Scope of Implied Consent in the Emergency Department: Shortchanging Patients' Right to Self Determination
    with Joseph Verheijde and Mohamed Rady
    American Journal of Bioethics 7 (12): 51-52. 2007.
    The concept of informed consent for medical treatment has been well established as a necessary element in ensuring compliance with patients' right to self determination and respect of individual au...
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    Ethicists and others who study and teach the social implications of science and technology are faced with a formidable challenge when they seek to address “emerging technologies.” The topic is incredibly important, but difficult to grasp because not only are the precise issues often unclear, what the technology will ultimately look like can be difficult to discern. This paper argues that one particularly useful way to overcome these difficulties is to engage with their natural science and engine…Read more
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    “Undue Inducement' as Coercive Offers
    American Journal of Bioethics 5 (5). 2005.
    This Article does not have an abstract