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VOL. 8 NO. 10 | October 2008
The American Journal of Bioethics | Volume 8 Number 10
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Editorial

And Health for All?
by Soren Holm

Target Articles

A Broader View of Justice
by Nancy S. Jecker

Open Peer Commentary

A Duty to Participate in Research: Does Social Context Matter?
by Inmaculada de Melo-Martin

Open Peer Commentary

The Ethical Elephant in the Death Penalty Room
by Michael Keane

Open Peer Commentary

Patients' Views on Identifiability of Samples and Informed Consent for Genetic Research
by Sara Chandros Hull, Dragana Bolcic-Jankovic, Jeffrey R. Botkin, Mark Brown, Brian R. Clarridge, Mark Hughes, Pamela L. Sankar, Debra Schwinn, Richard R. Sharp, Jeremy Sugarman, Benjamin S. Wilfond

Open Peer Commentary
Book Reviews

Review of Michael L. Gross. Bioethics and Armed Conflict/Moral Dilemmas of Medicine and War.
by Edmund G. Howe

Review of Ronald Cole-Turner, ed., Design and Destiny: Jewish and Christian Perspectives on Human Germline Modification
by Thomas D. Williams

Correspondence

Response to Open Peer Commentaries on A Broader View of Justice
by Nancy S. Jecker

Response to Open Peer Commentaries on A Duty to Participate in Research: Does Social Context Matter?
by Inmaculada de Melo-Martin

Response to Open Peer Commentaries on The Ethical Elephant in the Death Penalty Room
by Michael Keane

What Does It Mean To Be Identifiable?
by Sara Chandros Hull, Benjamin S. Wilfond

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TV commercials exploit fear of breast cancer in the guise of education.

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Privacy is True Price of Healthy Worker Discounts
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Doctors Separating Conjoined Twins in London
(Associated Press) British doctors conducted surgery to separate twins joined at the chest on Tuesday, hospital officials said.

Cleveland Clinic Discloses Doctors’ Industry Ties
(New York Times) The Cleveland Clinic plans to announce this week it has begun publicly reporting the business relationships that any of its 1,800 staff doctors and scientists have with drug and device makers.

Lobbies Backing Health Reforms
(Boston Globe) Powerful special interest groups that helped torpedo healthcare reform 16 years ago are now advocating significant changes in the nation's health insurance and delivery system. They are participating in regular discussions about how to expand health coverage and lower costs, key commitments that President-elect Barack Obama made in his campaign.

U.S. Health Gains Stall, Could Reverse
(USA Today) After a decade of robust gains, America's health has leveled off and may be poised to take a plunge, an analysis warns.

What Doctor Shortages Mean For Health Care
(Forbes) When Massachusetts expanded health care coverage to the uninsured in 2006, the goal was to provide residents with regular access to treatments and physicians. But as demand increased, the system became overwhelmed.

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