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12To Swab or Not to Swab: Waiver of Consent to Collect Perianal Specimens from Incapacitated Patients With Severe Burn InjuryAmerican 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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11A Life-Centered Approach to Bioethics: Biocentric EthicsCambridge University Press. 2010.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
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4Challenging cases in clinical research ethics (edited book)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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29The Ethics of Uncertainty: Entangled Ethical and Epistemic Risks in Disorders of ConsciousnessOxford University Press. 2021.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
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12Researcher Obligations to Participants in Novel COVID-19 Vaccine ResearchAmerican 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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5As 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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117The Religion of Ethical VeganismJournal 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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8Lessons in Conducting an Ethics ConsultJona's Healthcare Law, Ethics, and Regulation 9 (3): 97-99. 2007.
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32Do animals have an interest in life?Australasian Journal of Philosophy 61 (2). 1983.This Article does not have an abstract
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15The Need for Improved Access to Mental Health Services for Youth With Medically Unexplained SymptomsAmerican Journal of Bioethics 18 (5): 29-31. 2018.
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18Beyond Parenting: The Responsibility of Multidisciplinary Health Care Providers in Early Intervention Policy GuidanceAmerican Journal of Bioethics 18 (11): 58-60. 2018.
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53Future Generations and Contemporary EthicsEnvironmental 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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16The Work of ASBH’s Clinical Ethics Consultation Affairs Committee: Development Processes Behind Our Educational MaterialsJournal 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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16The Limitations of “Boilerplate” Language in Informed Consent: Single IRB Review of Multisite Genetic Research in Military PersonnelAmerican Journal of Bioethics 19 (4): 81-82. 2019.
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13Supporting Community-Academic Research Partnerships: Reflections from the GroundAmerican 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...
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9Greater Than Minimal Risk, No Direct Benefit – Bridging Drug Trials and Novel Therapy in Pediatric PopulationsAmerican Journal of Bioethics 20 (4): 102-103. 2020.Volume 20, Issue 4, May 2020, Page 102-103.
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20Ethical Considerations for Unblinding a Participant’s Assignment to Interpret a Resolved Adverse EventAmerican Journal of Bioethics 18 (10): 66-67. 2018.
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12Enrolling Adolescents with Rare Disease for Early Phase Clinical Trials While Under the Care of Child Protection Services: Balancing Protection and AccessAmerican Journal of Bioethics 22 (4): 81-82. 2022.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...
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12Conflicts of Interest and Recommendations for Clinical Treatments That Benefit ResearchersAmerican Journal of Bioethics 20 (10): 90-91. 2020.Volume 20, Issue 10, October 2020, Page 90-91.
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34A Randomized Trial of Rapamycin to Increase Longevity and Healthspan in Companion Animals: Navigating the Boundary Between Protections for Animal Research and Human Subjects ResearchAmerican Journal of Bioethics 18 (10): 58-59. 2018.
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17Mitigating Challenges in Dual-Role Consent: Honoring Patient Preferences to Discuss Research Participation With Someone They KnowAmerican Journal of Bioethics 19 (4): 30-32. 2019.
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20Germline Gene Editing for Sickle Cell DiseaseAmerican Journal of Bioethics 20 (8): 46-49. 2020.Volume 20, Issue 8, August 2020, Page 46-49.
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6Bringing Known Drugs to Pediatric Research: Safety, Efficacy, and the Ambiguous Minor Increase in Minimal RiskAmerican Journal of Bioethics 20 (4): 106-108. 2020.Volume 20, Issue 4, May 2020, Page 106-108.
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21Beyond Mediation: A Toolkit Approach to Preventing and Managing Conflict with Patients and Families in DifficultyAmerican 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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11When Professional Meets Personal: How Should Research Staff Advertise on Social Media for Research Opportunities?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]...
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4To Disclose or Not to Disclose: Secondary Findings of XXY ChromosomesAmerican 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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15Supporting Investigators in Challenging Cases: Unease in the Face of an Ethically Appropriate ActionAmerican 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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16Informed Consent Conversations: Neither the Beginning nor the EndAmerican 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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31Clinically Significant? Depends on Whom You AskAmerican 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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21Should Research Participants Be Notified About Results of Currently Unknown but Potential Significance?American Journal of Bioethics 19 (4): 73-74. 2019.