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Slicin’ and Dicin’ Doesn’t Work for BDD Sufferers

As shocking as this might sound, those who suffer from body dismorphic disorder (BDD) don’t feel better or improve on any indicators after having plastic surgery according to a recent study in the...

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Should Children Decide Whether They Are Enrolled in Nonbeneficial Research?

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Accidental Communities: Race, Emergency Medicine, and the Problem of PolyHeme

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BIID-Aqua Fortis for Scientific Explanations of Psychic Phenomena?

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A Case Against Justified Non-Voluntary Active Euthanasia (The Groningen...

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Response to Commentaries on ?Patient Autonomy for the Management of Chronic...

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Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID)?Is the Amputation of Healthy Limbs...

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A Duty to Deceive: Placebos in Clinical Practice

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Response to Open Peer Commentaries on ?A Duty to Deceive: Placebos in...

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The Case of Samuel Golubchuk and the Right to Live

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The Secret of Caring for Mr. Golubchuk

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Review of The Ethics of Consent, eds. Franklin G. Miller and Alan Wertheimer

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Invited Commentary: ?Rethinking Research Ethics,? Again: Casuistry,...

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Deidentification and Its Discontents: Response to the Open Peer Commentaries

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Stuck in the Middle: The Many Moral Challenges With Bariatric Surgery

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The Encompassing Ethics of Bariatric Surgery

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Autonomy: the Basis of Respect and Dignity

“Be a good girl and take your medicine.” Part 1 This statement was made to a 60 year old end stage leukemia patient who demanded to be discharged from the hospital. The patient refused the prescribed...

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Waiting to Speak – Waiting for the Surrogate to Speak

  Why Wait The determination of a patient’s capacity to make decisions is based upon her understanding of her disease or illness and the risks and benefits of treatment. If she is unable to articulate...

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Waiting for medcial records “after discharge” is of no help for decision making

  Medical records: Waiting for medical records “after discharge” is of no help.  Reviewing medical records  in the hospital allows the patient and/or a surrogate decision maker to obtain the greatest...

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Autonomy in Neuroethics: Political and Not Metaphysical

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