American Journal of Bioethics

A New Era for AJOB
pp. x-xi(2)
Authors: David Magnus; Paul Wolpe; Kelly Carroll; Glenn McGee

Revisiting “Freely Given Informed Consent” in Relation to the Developing World: Role of an Ombudsman
pp. W1-w7(7)
Authors: Athula Sumathipala; Sisira Siribaddana

On the Ethics of Facial Transplantation Research
pp. 1-12(12)
Authors: Osborne Wiggins; John Barker; Serge Martinez; Marieke Vossen; Claudio Maldonado; Federico Grossi; Cedric Francois; Michael Cunningham; Gustavo Perez-Abadia; Moshe Kon; Joseph Banis

By-Person Factor Analysis in Clinical Ethical Decision Making: Q Methodology in End-of-Life Care Decisions
pp. W8-W22(15)
Authors: William Wong; Arnold Eiser; Robert Mrtek; Paul Heckerling

Should We Be Putting a Good Face on Facial Transplantation?
pp. 13-14(2)
Author: Carson Strong

A Surgeons' Perspective on the Ethics of Face Transplantation
pp. 14-16(3)
Authors: Francois Petit; Antoine Paraskevas; Laurent Lantieri

Face Transplantation: When and for Whom?
pp. 16-17(2)
Authors: Peter Butler; Alex Clarke; Richard Ashcroft

Facing Ourselves
pp. 18-20(3)
Author: Arthur Caplan

How to Do Things with AJOB: The Case of Facial Transplantation
pp. 20-21(2)
Author: Tod Chambers

Psychological Aspects of Face Transplantation: Read the Small Print Carefully
pp. 22-25(4)
Author: Nichola Rumsey

Response to Selected Commentaries on the AJOB Target Article “On the Ethics of Facial Transplantation Research”
pp. W23-W31(9)
Authors: Joseph Banis; John Barker; Michael Cunningham; Cedric Francois; Allen Furr; Federico Grossi; Moshe Kon; Claudio Maldonado; Serge Martinez; Gustavo Perez-Abadia; Marieke Vossen; Osborne Wiggins

Facing the Ethical Questions in Facial Transplantation
pp. 25-27(3)
Authors: George Agich; Maria Siemionow

About Face: Downplaying the Role of the Press in Facial Transplantation Research
pp. 27-29(3)
Author: E. Morreim

A Face is Not Just Like a Hand: pace Barker
pp. 30-32(3)
Authors: Françoise Baylis

A Response to Commentators on “The Limitations of ‘Vulnerability' as a Protection for Human Research Participants”
pp. W32-W32(1)
Authors: Carol Levine; Ruth Faden; Christine Grady; Dale Hammerschmidt; Lisa Eckenwiler; Jeremy Sugarman

Face Transplants: Enriching the Debate
pp. 32-33(2)
Author: John Robertson

Facing the Truth: A Response to “On the Ethics of Facial Transplantation Research” by Wiggins et al.
pp. W33-W34(2)
Author: Howard Trachtman

Facial Transplantation Research: A Need for Additional Deliberation
pp. 33-35(3)
Authors: Karen Maschke; Eric Trump

Author Response to Letter Regarding “Children in Clinical Research: A Conflict of Moral Values” (AJOB 3:1)
pp. W35-W37(3)
Author: Vera Sharav

On Not Taking Objective Risk Assessments at Face Value
pp. 35-37(3)
Authors: Rachel Ankeny; Ian Kerridge

Facing the Consequences of Facial Transplantation: Individual Choices, Social Effects
pp. 37-39(3)
Author: Sara Goering

Charles Barkley's Dilemma: A Response to “The Professionalism Movement: Can We Pause?” by Delese Wear and Mark G. Kuczewski (AJOB 4:2)
pp. W38-W39(2)
Author: Howard Trachtman

Medical Ethicists, Human Curiosities, and the New Media Midway
pp. 39-43(5)
Author: Steven Miles

A Response to Commentators on “Improving Fairness in Coverage Decisions: Performance Expectations for Quality Improvement”
pp. W40-W42(3)
Authors: Matthew Wynia; Deborah Cummins; David Fleming; Kari Karsjens; Amber Orr; James Sabin; Inger Saphire-Bernstein; Renee Witlen

The Limitations of “Vulnerability” as a Protection for Human Research Participants
pp. 44-49(6)
Authors: Carol Levine; Ruth Faden; Christine Grady; Dale Hammerschmidt; Lisa Eckenwiler; Jeremy Sugarman

Vulnerability to Influence: A Two-Way Street
pp. 50-52(3)
Authors: Gail Henderson; Arlene Davis; Nancy King

The Natural History of Vulnerability
pp. 52-53(2)
Author: Jonathan Moreno

Vulnerable Subjects and Civic Professionalism: Would Six-Sigma Research and Research Ethics Consultation Solve the Vulnerability Problem?
pp. 54-55(2)
Author: Mary Marshall

Historical Vulnerability and Special Scrutiny: Precautions against Discrimination in Medical Research
pp. 56-57(2)
Author: Anita Silvers

“Vulnerability” in Context: Recognizing the Sociopolitical Influences
pp. 58-59(2)
Author: Amy Campbell

Protecting the Vulnerable
pp. 60-62(3)
Author: Nancy Jecker

Vulnerability from a Global Medicine Perspective
pp. 62-63(2)
Author: Alan Jotkowitz

Research Subjects in Developing Nations and Vulnerability
pp. 63-64(2)
Author: David Resnik

Vulnerability as the Inability of Researchers to Act in the Best Interest of a Subject
pp. 65-66(2)
Author: Ari Vander Walde

Participatory Research: A Way to Reduce Vulnerability
pp. 67-68(2)
Author: Luis Justo

Vulnerability in Human Subject Research: Existential State, not Category Designation
pp. 68-70(3)
Author: Stuart Finder

The Limitations of “Limitations”
pp. 70-72(3)
Author: Kenneth Kipnis

Subject Vulnerability: The Precautionary Principle of Human Research
pp. 72-74(3)
Author: Frederick Grinnell

Strategies for Achieving High-Quality IRB Review
pp. 74-76(3)
Authors: Dorothy Vawter; Karen Gervais; Thomas Freeman

Looking Beyond the Limitations of “Vulnerability”: Reforming Safeguards in Research
pp. 76-78(3)
Author: Debra DeBruin

Design and Direction in Research Ethics: A Question of Direction
pp. 78-80(3)
Author: Chalmers Clark

Equal Protection Clause Enforcement as a Model for Protecting Vulnerable Human Research Subjects
pp. 81-82(2)
Author: Sandra Garcia

Vulnerability: A Needed Moral Safeguard
pp. 82-84(3)
Author: Joseph Marco

Contextualizing the Vulnerability Standard
pp. 84-86(3)
Author: Tricha Shivas

Improving Fairness in Coverage Decisions: Performance Expectations for Quality Improvement
pp. 87-100(14)
Authors: Matthew Wynia; Deborah Cummins; David Fleming; Kari Karsjens; Amber Orr; James Sabin; Inger Saphire-Bernstein; Renee Witlen

The Elephant in the Living Room of the House of Health Care
pp. 101-102(2)
Author: Richard Lamm

Improving Fairness in Coverage Decisions: Insights from the Harvard Community Health Plan's LORAN Commission Report
pp. 103-104(2)
Author: John Paris

Measuring Fairness: An Opportunity for Empirical Ethics
pp. 105-106(2)
Author: Donald Light

Improving Fairness in Coverage Decisions: An Application of the Ethical Force Program's Recommendations on Infertility Treatment
pp. 106-108(3)
Author: Michelle Goldberg

Report's Framework Offers Good Foundation for Future Prioritization of Health Care That is Applicable Across Health Care Systems
pp. 108-110(3)
Author: Lauri Vuorenkoski

Improving Fairness in Coverage Decisions: Appearance or Reality?
pp. 110-112(3)
Author: Mary Baily

Supplementing the Fairness Framework: System-Level and Implementation Concerns
pp. 112-114(3)
Author: Mary Majumder

The Ethical Quality Report Card: Confronting Rationing
pp. 114-115(2)
Author: Martin Strosberg

Fairness in Context: The Real versus the Ideal
pp. 115-116(2)
Author: Jacquelyn Slomka

Clinical Justice Guiding Medical Allocations
pp. 116-119(4)
Author: Rosamond Rhodes

Wanted: More Assistance in Benefits Design
pp. 119-121(3)
Authors: Karen Gervais; J. Garrett

Mythic Ideals
pp. 122-123(2)
Author: David Steinberg

Obligations and Marginal Decisions in a Fair Health System
pp. 123-124(2)
Author: Jeffrey Berger

Better Bioethics Through Literature?
pp. 125-127(3)
Author: Timothy Murphy

Children, Ethics, and Modern Medicine
pp. 127-128(2)
Author: Armand Matheny