New Issue of Journal of Medical Ethics is Now Available

May 5, 2009

Journal of Medical Ethics (Volume 35, Number 5, May 2009) is now available by subscription only.

Articles Include:

• “Transparency, accountability and vaccination policy” by Angus Dawson, 274-275.
• “Under what conditions do patients want to be informed about their risk of a complication? A vignette study” by N B A T Janssen, F J Oort, P Fockens, D L Willems, H C J M de Haes, and E M A Smets, 276-282.
• “Stimulating brains, altering minds” by W Glannon, 289-292.
• “Positing a difference between acts and omissions: the principle of justice, Rachels’ cases and moral weakness” by R Mohindra, 293-299.
• “”You can’t handle the truth”; medical paternalism and prenatal alcohol use” by C Gavaghan, 300-303.
• “Abortion: Strong’s counterexamples fail” by E Di Nucci, 304-305.
• “Is there a duty to share genetic information?” by S M Liao, 306-309.
• “Ethical issues in funding research and development of drugs for neglected tropical diseases” by L Oprea, A Braunack-Mayer, and C A Gericke, 310-314.
• “Paying a high price for low costs: why there should be no legal constraints on the profits that can be made on drugs for tropical diseases” by J Sonderholm, 315-319.
• “Iran’s experience with surrogate motherhood: an Islamic view and ethical concerns” by K Aramesh, 320-322.
• “Erring on the side of life: the case of Terri Schiavo” by D A Merrell, 323-325.