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VOL. 9 NO. 11 | November 2009

The American Journal of Bioethics | Volume 9 Number 11

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Editorial

Centenarians as Stem Cell Donors
by Ricki Lewis, Renad I. Zhdanov

Target Articles

"Listen to the People": Public Deliberation about Social Distancing Measures in a Pandemic
by Nancy M. Baum, Susan Door Goold, Peter D. Jacobson

Open Peer Commentary

A Jewish Response to the Vatican's New Bioethical Guidelines
by Ari Z. Zivotofsky, Alan B. Jotkowitz

Open Peer Commentary

Assessing Social Risks Prior to the Commencement of a Clinical Trial
by Scott Burris, Corey Davis

Open Peer Commentary Book Reviews

Review of Keith Wailoo, Julie Livingston, and Peter Guarnaccia, eds., A Death Retold: Jesica Santillan, The Bungled Transplant, and Paradoxes of Medical Citizenship
by Charlene Galarneau

Review of John Harris, ed., Enhancing Evolution: The Ethical Case for Making Better People
by J. Cervantez

Correspondence

Jewish and Catholic Ethics of Reproduction: Converging or Standing Apart?
by Ari Z. Zivotofsky, Alan B. Jotkowitz

A Modest Proposal
by Scott Burris, Corey Davis

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Report Paints Grim Picture of Drug Trial Safety
Criticism of FDA's weak oversight are on target, but Congress shares blame.

Giving Up on Gene Therapy Is Wrong Reaction
Death of Jolee Mohr should lead to new patient protections

Women Should Be Wary of Genetic Risk Ads
TV commercials exploit fear of breast cancer in the guise of education.

Students' Meningitis Shots Should Be Required
Americans hate to be told what to do, but we hate losing our kids more.

Privacy is True Price of Healthy Worker Discounts
Even fit folks should resist the temptation of lower deductibles.

BIOETHICS NEWS

Fertility Treatment May Produce Fewer Baby Boys
(ABC News) The number of baby boys conceived by a fertility treatment known as ICSI may be lower than what is produced by Mother Nature, a new study suggests.

US Bioethics Commission Promises Policy Action
(Nature.com) Five months after abruptly dismantling the bioethics advisory council left by his predecessor, US President Barack Obama last week created a new bioethics commission that will move beyond the issues that consumed previous panels, such as stem cells and cloning. Based within the Department of Health and Human Services, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues is explicitly charged with recommending legislative and regulatory action and promises to have more influence on policy.

Doctors in Training Still Learn From Cadavers
(Associated Press) Color-coded denim cloths cover the row upon row of black body bags atop cold metal tables. Blue means a body that eventually will go into a common grave. Tan, the family wants those remains back for burial, eventually.

What Happens When Doctors Give Patients More Power?
(ABC News) When patients are given the responsibility for medical decisions, they may be less willing to try a potentially risky treatment, a study published Monday suggests.

Biden: Whom do you trust on health care?
(USA Today) As Congress prepares to start its health care debate today, the White House is asking the American people a question: Whom do you trust? In a video posted to the White House’s website today, Vice President Biden asks whether people should trust “the people who say you’d be better off if you just left things the way they are” or “the folks who actually know something about what’s happening in our health care system.”

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