New Issue of The American Journal of Bioethics is Now Available

June 18, 2010

The American Journal of Bioethics (Volume 10, Issue 6, 2010) is now available by subscription only.

Articles Include:

  • “Ethical Rules, Policies, or Guidance?” by Ruth Macklin, 1-2.
  • “The Case for Evidence-Based Rulemaking in Human Subjects Research” by Benjamin Sachs, 3-13.
  • “Ethical Rules for Human Subjects Research” A Case Where the ‘is’ Must Inform the ‘Ought'” by Alexander A. Kon, 14-15.
  • “Public Trust as a Policy Goal for Research With Human Subjects” by David B. Resnik, 15-17.
  • “In Defense of Valid Design as a Policy Rule” by Emily L. Evans, 18-19.
  • “A Third Way: Ethics Guidance as Evidence-Informed Provisional Rules” by Kirstin Borgerson and Joseph Millum, 20-22.
  • “An Absence of Evidence in ‘Evidence-Based Rulemaking'” by Jason Gerson and Steven N. Goodman, 22-23.
  • “Is There a Case for a Distinction Between Ethics and Policy?” by David Hunter, 24-25.
  • “How to Do Research Fairly in an Unjust World” by Angela J. Ballantyne, 26-35.
  • “Fair Benefits in Developing Countries: Maximin as a Good Start” by Ruth Macklin, 36-37.
  • “Why Adopt a Maximin Theory of Exploitation?” by Alan Wertheimer, Joseph Millum, and G. Owen Schaefer, 38-39.
  • “Multiple Forms of Exploitation in International Research: The Need for Multiple Standards of Fairness” by Jeremy Snyder, 40-41.
  • “One Size Does Not Fit All: Toward ‘Upstream Ethics’?” by Vural Ozdemir and Bartha Maria Knoppers, 42-44.
  • “Practical and Political Problems With a Global Research Tax” by David B. Resnik, 44-45.
  • “The Perverse Consequences of a Proposed Global Tax on Research” by Chris MacDonald and Nancy Walton, 46-47.
  • “Human Rights: The Normative Engine of Fairness and Research in Developing Countries” by John McMillan, 47-49.
  • “International Research and Positive Obligations: Are They ‘Transaction Specific’?” by John Rossi, 49-51.
  • “For-Profit Clinical Trials in Developing Countries – Those Troublesome Patient Benefits” by Udo Schuklenk, 52-54.
  • “Justice in the Application of Science: Beyond Fair Benefits” by Alex John London, 54-56.