The American Journal of Bioethics, Volume 25, Issue 3 (2025)

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The American Journal of Bioethics, Volume 25, Issue 3 (2025)

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Editorial
Disclosure as Absolution in Medicine: Disentangling Autonomy from Beneficence and Justice in Artificial Intelligence
Kayte Spector-Bagdady & Alex John London
Pages: 1-3
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Challenges in Pursuing AI Transparency
Marka F. Ellertson & Richard R. Sharp
Pages: 4-6
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Hippocratic Beneficence: The Ethical Grounding of Remedial Germline Editing
Eli Y. Adashi & I. Glenn Cohen
Pages: 7-9
Published online: 19 Dec 2024
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Target Article

Target Article
Conscientious Objection to Aggressive Interventions for Patients in a Vegetative State
Jason Adam Wasserman, Abram L. Brummett, Mark Christopher Navin & Daniel Londyn Menkes
Pages: 10-21
Published online: 30 Nov 2023
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Article Commentary
Conscientious Objection: A Morally Compromising and Needless Distraction in Medical Practice
Rosamond Rhodes
Pages: 22-25
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Physicians Versus Surgeons: Conscientious Objection and Inappropriate Treatments
Alexander A. Kon
Pages: 26-28
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Complexity of Establishing “Reasonability” in Conscientious Objection Claims
Jason T. Eberl
Pages: 28-30
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Two Justifications for Refusing to Provide Medical Interventions
Mark Wicclair
Pages: 30-33
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Conscientious Objection, Life-Continuation Values, and the Protection of Normative Minorities
Autumn Fiester
Pages: 33-34
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Article Commentary
Aligning Ongoing Care Teams and Proceduralists About Inappropriate Interventions Requires More Than Conscientious Objection
Brian Michael Jackson
Pages: 35-37
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Article Commentary
Invidious Discrimination v. Conscientious Objection: C’mon, a rose is a rose is a rose!
Margie Hodges Shaw, Michael J. Nabozny & David Kaufman
Pages: 38-39
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Inaccurate Criteria for Conscientious Objection and Invidious Discrimination Threaten Patients’ Access
Armand H. Matheny Antommaria
Pages: 40-42
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Article Commentary
Procedure Versus Patient-Centered Conscientious Objection
Afsheen Mansoori
Pages: 42-43
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Reasonable But Not Permissible: Conscientious Objection and Reasonable Disagreement
Mackenzie Graham
Pages: 44-46
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Article Commentary
Inappropriate Interventions in Disorders of Consciousness: Due Process, Not Conscientious Objection
Christos Lazaridis
Pages: 46-49
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Conscientious Objection and PVS: Proceed with Caution
Leonard Michael Fleck
Pages: 49-51
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Article Commentary
Is Treating Permanently Unconscious Patients Futile? Quality of Life Presupposes Conscious Awareness
Lukas J. Meier
Pages: 52-54
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Target Article

Target Article
Reimagining Thriving Ethics Programs without Ethics Committees
Hilary Mabel, Joshua S. Crites, Thomas V. Cunningham & Jordan Potter
Pages: 55-70
Published online: 14 Nov 2023
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Article Commentary
The Value of Preserving Ethics Committees
Marion Danis
Pages: 71-73
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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(Ir)Relevance of Ethics Committees: The Continued Value of Hospital Ethics Committees in Programs with Professional Ethicist Staffing
Ruchika Mishra, Jessica Roumillat & Kerri Kennedy
Pages: 73-76
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Article Commentary
The Not So Obvious Benefits of Ethics Committees: What Is Lost Without Them
Scott Kelley, Katherine Wasson & Nanette Elster
Pages: 76-78
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Good Clinical Ethics Requires Access to Diverse Community Perspectives
Lori Bruce & Carol L. Powers
Pages: 78-80
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Hospital Ethics Committees and Consultants: How Do Clinicians Perceive Their Utility in Resolving Disagreements About Life-Sustaining Treatments?
Sofia Weiss Goitiandia, Julia K. Axelrod, Jason N. Batten & Elizabeth Dzeng
Pages: 81-85
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Article Commentary
On Camels and Committees
Trevor M. Bibler
Pages: 85-86
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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What Can Committees Demonstrate That Professional Ethicists Can’t? Impartial Review with Adequate Due Process
Dylan Manson
Pages: 87-89
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Article Commentary
Building Trauma-Informed Hospital Ethics Cultures
Elizabeth Lanphier & Adira Hulkower
Pages: 90-92
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Article Commentary
Replacing Ethics Committees: No Ethical Loss?
Enrico Furlan & Silvia Tusino
Pages: 93-95
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Article Commentary
The Power of Professional Clinical Ethicists in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: An Ethiopian Perspective
Merhawit Abadi, Redeat Workneh, Stephanie Kukora, Krystle Perez, Gregory Valentine, Gal Barbut, Betelehem B. Kassa, Mahlet Abayneh & Sharla Rent
Pages: 95-98
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Clinical Ethics at Early Stages: What Growing Strategy?
Mario Picozzi
Pages: 99-101
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Patient Consent and The Right to Notice and Explanation of AI Systems Used in Health Care
Meghan E. Hurley, Benjamin H. Lang, Kristin Marie Kostick-Quenet, Jared N. Smith & Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby
Pages: 102-114
Published online: 17 Sep 2024
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Article Commentary
Notice and Explanation in Healthcare AI: Lessons from California’s Proposition 65 Experience
Boris Babic & Sara Gerke
Pages: 115-118
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Article Commentary
More to Know Could Not be More to Trust: Open Communication as a Moral Imperative for AI Systems in Healthcare
Georg Starke
Pages: 119-121
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Article Commentary
A Heuristic for Notifying Patients About AI: From Institutional Declarations to Informed Consent
Matthew Elmore, Nicoleta Economou-Zavlanos & Michael Pencina
Pages: 121-123
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Consenting to and Contesting AI Use – Different Functions but Both Are Necessary
Thomas Ploug & Søren Holm
Pages: 124-126
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Clarifying When Consent Might Be Illusory in Notice and Explanation Rights
Bryan Pilkington & Charles E. Binkley
Pages: 126-128
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Article Commentary
Cultivating Patient-Centered Healthcare Artificial Intelligence Transparency: Considerations for AI Documentation
Austin M. Stroud, Jennifer E. Miller & Barbara A. Barry
Pages: 129-131
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Bring a ‘Patient’s Medical AI Journey’ to the Hill
Ian Stevens, Erin Williams, Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon & Vardit Ravitsky
Pages: 132-135
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Article Commentary
Predicting the Future: Informational Agency and the Right to Notice and Explanation in the Use of Personal Information
Charles E. Binkley, Anita Ho & Amitabha Palmer
Pages: 135-138
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Social Bioethics and Healthcare AI: Insights for Medical Decision Making
Eleanor Gilmore-Szott & Ryan Dougherty
Pages: 138-140
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Why Stop at a Right to Notice for AI Systems Used in Patient Care? The Need for Greater Specificity
Narcyz Ghinea
Pages: 140-142
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Article Commentary
Taking the Right to Notice and Explanation Seriously: The Critical Importance of Evidence and Oversight for Healthcare AI
Jennifer A. H. Bell, Natalie Yeh & James A. Anderson
Pages: 143-145
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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The Perils of AI over-Exceptionalism in Healthcare
Noa Cohen
Pages: 146-148
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Mitigating Placebo Effect in Human-AI Interaction: Expanding the Role(s) of the Right to Notice and Explanation
Jelena Roganović
Pages: 148-150
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Article Commentary
Beyond Disclosure: Rethinking Patient Consent and AI Accountability in Healthcare
Y. Tony Yang
Pages: 151-153
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Balancing Transparency and Trust: Reevaluating AI Disclosure in Healthcare
Michael Pflanzer
Pages: 153-156
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Article Commentary
Informed Agency: Reimagining Patient Autonomy in the Age of Machine-Assisted Healthcare
Javaid Iqbal Sofi, Fatima N. Nabi & Junaid Nabi
Pages: 156-158
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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Community-Based Consent Model, Patient Rights, and AI Explainability in Medicine
Aorigele Bao & Yi Zeng
Pages: 158-160
Published online: 24 Feb 2025
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