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    To Swab or Not to Swab: Waiver of Consent to Collect Perianal Specimens from Incapacitated Patients With Severe Burn Injury
    with Liza Dawson, Andrew D. Ray, and Benjamin S. Wilfond
    American Journal of Bioethics 24 (4): 108-109. 2024.
    This case is about a study of burn patients that included a request to the IRB for a waiver of consent for perianal specimen collection–a request which ultimately was not approved by a reviewing IR...
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    Approaches bioethics on the basis of a conception of life and what is needed for the affirmation of its quality in the most encompassing sense. Johnson applies this conception to discussions of controversial issues in bioethics including euthanasia, abortion, cloning and genetic engineering. His emphasis is not on providing definitive solutions to all bioethical issues but on developing an approach to coping with them that can also help us deal with new issues as they emerge. The foundation of t…Read more
  •  4
    Challenging cases in clinical research ethics (edited book)
    with Benjamin Wilfond, Devan M. Duenas, and Holly Ann Taylor
    CRC Press. 2023.
    Clinical research ethics consultation has emerged in the last 15 years as a service to those involved in the conduct of clinical research who face challenging issues for which more than one course of action may be justified. To respond to a growing field and need for opportunities to share knowledge and experience, the Clinical Research Ethics Consultation Collaborative, established in 2014, holds monthly webinars for its 90 members to present their most challenging cases to each other and engag…Read more
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    Disorders of Consciousness (DoCs) raise difficult and complex questions about the value of life for persons with impaired consciousness, the rights of persons unable to make medical decisions, and our social, medical, and ethical obligations to patients whose personhood has frequently been challenged and neglected. Recent neuroscientific discoveries have led to enhanced understanding of the heterogeneity of these disorders, and focused renewed attention on the medical and ethical problem of misd…Read more
  •  12
    Researcher Obligations to Participants in Novel COVID-19 Vaccine Research
    with Benjamin S. Wilfond and Devan M. Duenas
    American Journal of Bioethics 23 (10): 119-120. 2023.
    The rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines in 2020 involved an unprecedented clinical research initiative. The case here involves a Phase I clinical trial of “second-generation” COVID-19 vaccines d...
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    As humanity grapples with its significant global footprint in this era, there is a growing fascination with delving into the experiences and viewpoints of other animal species. This juncture offers an opportune moment to delve into the aesthetics of non-human animals by using diverse interdisciplinary methods and viewpoints. Insights of feminist aesthetics demonstrate how traditional understanding of aesthetics and aesthetic experience are heavily influenced by cultural assumptions about gender.…Read more
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    The Religion of Ethical Veganism
    Journal of Animal Ethics 5 (1). 2015.
    A survey was administered during fall 2013 to 163 self-identified adult ethical vegans and/or ethical vegetarians in the United States to determine whether the respondents+ beliefs meet the definition of religion according to U.S. federal law. The data demonstrate that a majority of the surveyed group possesses beliefs concordant with the definition of "religion" according to federal statutes, federal judicial tests, and regulatory law. Since religion is a protected characteristic in U.S. law, a…Read more
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    Lessons in Conducting an Ethics Consult
    Jona's Healthcare Law, Ethics, and Regulation 9 (3): 97-99. 2007.
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    Do animals have an interest in life?
    Australasian Journal of Philosophy 61 (2). 1983.
    This Article does not have an abstract
  •  15
    The Need for Improved Access to Mental Health Services for Youth With Medically Unexplained Symptoms
    with Kristin Canavera and Jennifer Allen
    American Journal of Bioethics 18 (5): 29-31. 2018.
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    Beyond Parenting: The Responsibility of Multidisciplinary Health Care Providers in Early Intervention Policy Guidance
    with Kristin Canavera and Jennifer Harman
    American Journal of Bioethics 18 (11): 58-60. 2018.
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    Future Generations and Contemporary Ethics
    Environmental Values 12 (4). 2003.
    Future generations do not exist, and are not determinate in their make-up. The moral significance of future generations cannot be accounted for on the basis of a purely individualistic ethic. Yet future generations are morally significant. The Person-Affecting Principle, that (roughly) only acts which are likely to affect particular individuals are morally significant, must be augmented in such a way as to take into account the moral significance of Homo sapiens, a holistic entity which certainl…Read more
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    The Work of ASBH’s Clinical Ethics Consultation Affairs Committee: Development Processes Behind Our Educational Materials
    with George E. Hardart, Katherine Wasson, Ellen M. Robinson, Aviva Katz, Deborah L. Kasman, Barrie J. Huberman, Anne Cordes, Barbara L. Chanko, Jane Jankowski, and Courtenay R. Bruce
    Journal of Clinical Ethics 29 (2): 150-157. 2018.
    The authors of this article are previous or current members of the Clinical Ethics Consultation Affairs (CECA) Committee, a standing committee of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH). The committee is composed of seasoned healthcare ethics consultants (HCECs), and it is charged with developing and disseminating education materials for HCECs and ethics committees. The purpose of this article is to describe the educational research and development processes behind our teaching …Read more
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    The Limitations of “Boilerplate” Language in Informed Consent: Single IRB Review of Multisite Genetic Research in Military Personnel
    with Benjamin S. Wilfond and Jennifer Zabrowski
    American Journal of Bioethics 19 (4): 81-82. 2019.
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    Supporting Community-Academic Research Partnerships: Reflections from the Ground
    with Benjamin S. Wilfond and Devan M. Duenas
    American Journal of Bioethics 21 (10): 44-45. 2021.
    Currently, there is consensus that community engagement and partnerships are essential to inclusive patient-centered clinical research. Yet there is variation about what it means to do this well an...
  •  9
    Greater Than Minimal Risk, No Direct Benefit – Bridging Drug Trials and Novel Therapy in Pediatric Populations
    with Benjamin S. Wilfond and Devan M. Duenas
    American Journal of Bioethics 20 (4): 102-103. 2020.
    Volume 20, Issue 4, May 2020, Page 102-103.
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    Ethical Considerations for Unblinding a Participant’s Assignment to Interpret a Resolved Adverse Event
    with Benjamin S. Wilfond, Christian Morales, and Holly A. Taylor
    American Journal of Bioethics 18 (10): 66-67. 2018.
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    For many rare diseases, the availability of effective interventions is limited or non-existent. In this context, clinical research evaluating emerging interventions may be the only potentially “the...
  •  12
    Conflicts of Interest and Recommendations for Clinical Treatments That Benefit Researchers
    with Benjamin S. Wilfond and Devan M. Duenas
    American Journal of Bioethics 20 (10): 90-91. 2020.
    Volume 20, Issue 10, October 2020, Page 90-91.
  •  20
    Germline Gene Editing for Sickle Cell Disease
    with Akshay Sharma and Nickhill Bhakta
    American Journal of Bioethics 20 (8): 46-49. 2020.
    Volume 20, Issue 8, August 2020, Page 46-49.
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    Bringing Known Drugs to Pediatric Research: Safety, Efficacy, and the Ambiguous Minor Increase in Minimal Risk
    with Akshay Sharma
    American Journal of Bioethics 20 (4): 106-108. 2020.
    Volume 20, Issue 4, May 2020, Page 106-108.
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    Beyond Mediation: A Toolkit Approach to Preventing and Managing Conflict with Patients and Families in Difficulty
    with Deena R. Levine, Katherine B. Steuer, Kimberly E. Sawyer, and Andrew Elliott
    American Journal of Bioethics 23 (1): 70-73. 2023.
    While we agree with Fiester and Yuan (2023) that ethicists should not execute behavioral agreements in their role as clinical consultants along with many of the authors’ criticisms of such contract...
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    When Professional Meets Personal: How Should Research Staff Advertise on Social Media for Research Opportunities?
    with Devan M. Duenas and Benjamin S. Wilfond
    American Journal of Bioethics 21 (10): 38-39. 2021.
    As part of the regulatory review process, both the Food and Drug Administration and Office for Human Research Protections (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [HHS]...
  •  4
    To Disclose or Not to Disclose: Secondary Findings of XXY Chromosomes
    with Devan M. Duenas and Benjamin S. Wilfond
    American Journal of Bioethics 22 (10): 87-88. 2022.
    Genomic sequencing is becoming more common both in clinical practice and as a routine aspect of much research. Over the last 15 years there has been ongoing discussion about the implications of gen...
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    Supporting Investigators in Challenging Cases: Unease in the Face of an Ethically Appropriate Action
    with Devan M. Duenas and Benjamin S. Wilfond
    American Journal of Bioethics 21 (4): 98-99. 2021.
    As medicine and science advance, new ethical questions emerge. Over time, deliberation and analysis result in a somewhat settled approach to a problem. Often the settled approach is based on group...
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    Informed Consent Conversations: Neither the Beginning nor the End
    with Barclay R. Rogers
    American Journal of Bioethics 21 (5): 76-78. 2021.
    Informed Consent: What Must Be Disclosed and What Must Be Understood seeks to challenge the “standard view” of consent. It seeks to do so by segregating the “disclosure function” from the “understa...
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    Clinically Significant? Depends on Whom You Ask
    with Christopher L. Church, Michael F. Walsh, and Justin N. Baker
    American Journal of Bioethics 12 (10): 18-20. 2012.
    The American Journal of Bioethics, Volume 12, Issue 10, Page 18-20, October 2012
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    Should Research Participants Be Notified About Results of Currently Unknown but Potential Significance?
    with Jennifer Zabrowski and Benjamin S. Wilfond
    American Journal of Bioethics 19 (4): 73-74. 2019.