New Issue of Journal of Medical Ethics is Now Available

October 14, 2009

Journal of Medical Ethics (Volume 35, Number 10, October 2009) is now available by subscription only.

Articles Include:

• “Free riding and organ donation” by Walter Glannon, 590-591.
• “Unanswered questions and ethical issues concerning US biodefence research” by W R Schumm, R R Nazarinia, and K R Bosch, 594-598.
• “Is it ethical for a general practitioner to claim a conscientious objection when asked to refer for abortion?” by J W Gerrard, 599-602.
• “Undertreating pain violates ethical principles” by C Macpherson, 603-606.
• “All hail the new flesh: some thoughts on scarification, children and adults” by S Oultram, 607-610.
• “Smart drugs for cognitive enhancement: ethical and pragmatic considerations in the era of cosmetic neurology” by V Cakic, 611-615.
• “Death and organ donation: back to the future” by F G Miller, 616-620.
• “The robustness of medical professional ethics when times are changing: a comparative study of general practitioner ethics and surgery ethics in The Netherlands” by J Dwarswaard, M Hilhorst, and M Trappenburg, 621-625.
• “Clinical obligations and public health programmes: healthcare provider reasoning about managing the incidental results of newborn screening” by F A Miller, R Z Hayeems, Y Bombard, J Little, J C Carroll, B Wilson, J Allanson, M Paynter, J P Bytautas, R Christensen, and P Chakraborty, 626-634.
• “Mixed motives, mixed outcomes when accused parents won’t agree to withdraw care” by J M Appel, 635-637.
• “Obtaining informed consent: observations from community research with refugee and impoverished youth” by R Nakkash, J Makhoul, and R Afifi, 638-643.
• “Locked inpatient units in modern mental health care: values and practice issues” by M Cleary, G E Hunt, G Walter, and M Robertson, 644-646.
• “‘Personality disorder’ and capacity to make treatment decisions” by G Szmukler, 647-650.
• “On how to interpret the role of the future within the abortion debate” by E Di Nucci, 651-652.