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This is a selection of articles from the January 2007 archive. Click here for this month's Medical Ethics headlines.

[Correction] CORRECTION discuss this article
Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - January 30, 2007 Tags: Correction Source Type: journals

[Clinical ethics] Medical futility: a conceptual model discuss this article
Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - January 30, 2007 Authors: Mohindra, R K Tags: Clinical ethics Source Type: journals

[Clinical ethics] Doctor's views on disclosing or withholding information on low risks of complication discuss this article
Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - January 30, 2007 Authors: Palmboom, G G, Willems, D L, Janssen, N B A T, de Haes, J C J M Tags: Clinical ethics Source Type: journals

[Ethics briefings] Ethics briefings discuss this article
Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - January 30, 2007 Authors: English, V., Hamm, D., Harrison, C., Sheather, J., Sommerville, A. Tags: Ethics briefings Source Type: journals

[Clinical ethics] Justifying surgery's last taboo: the ethics of face transplants discuss this article
Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - January 30, 2007 Authors: Freeman, M., Abou Jaoude, P. Tags: Clinical ethics Source Type: journals

[Research ethics] Assessment of the ethical review process for non-pharmacological multicentre studies in Germany on the basis of a randomised surgical trial discuss this article
Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - January 30, 2007 Authors: Seiler, C M, Kellmeyer, P, Kienle, P, Buchler, M W, Knaebel, H-P, the INSECT Study Group Tags: Research ethics Source Type: journals

[Research ethics] Gender equality in the work of local research ethics committees in Europe: a study of practice in five countries discuss this article
Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - January 30, 2007 Authors: Moerman, C J, Haafkens, J A, Soderstrom, M, Rasky, E, Maguire, P, Maschewsky-Schneider, U, Norstedt, M, Hahn, D, Reinerth, H, McKevitt, N Tags: Research ethics Source Type: journals

[Editorial] Assault on editorial independence: improprieties of the Canadian Medical Association discuss this article
Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - January 30, 2007 Authors: Kassirer, J. P Tags: Editorial Source Type: journals

[Genetics] Reproductive cloning, genetic engineering and the autonomy of the child: the moral agent and the open future discuss this article
Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - January 30, 2007 Authors: Mameli, M Tags: Genetics Source Type: journals

[Teaching and learning ethics] Kant, curves and medical learning practice: a reply to Le Morvan and Stock discuss this article
Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - January 30, 2007 Authors: Ives, J Tags: Teaching and learning ethics Source Type: journals

[Clinical ethics] A new prescription for empirical ethics research in pharmacy: a critical review of the literature discuss this article
Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - January 30, 2007 Authors: Cooper, R J, Bissell, P, Wingfield, J Tags: Clinical ethics Source Type: journals

[Reproduction] Are those who subscribe to the view that early embryos are persons irrational and inconsistent? A reply to Brock discuss this article
Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - January 30, 2007 Authors: Deckers, J. Tags: Reproduction Source Type: journals

[Law, ethics and medicine] The Mental Capacity Act 2005: a new framework for healthcare decision making discuss this article
Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - January 30, 2007 Authors: Johnston, C., Liddle, J. Tags: Law, ethics and medicine Source Type: journals

[Law, ethics and medicine] Female genital mutilation: the ethical impact of the new Italian law discuss this article
Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - January 30, 2007 Authors: Turillazzi, E, Fineschi, V Tags: Law, ethics and medicine Source Type: journals

EMBRYONIC POTENTIAL AND STEM CELLS discuss this article
Source: Bioethics - January 28, 2007 Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

Health Research Ethics Committees in South Africa 12 years into democracy discuss this article
Source: BMC Medical Ethics - January 25, 2007 Authors: Keymanthri Moodley and Landon Myer Source Type: journals

ETHICS AND DRUG RESISTANCE discuss this article
Source: Bioethics - January 18, 2007 Source Type: journals

CULTURE AND VOLUNTARY INFORMED CONSENT IN AFRICAN HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS discuss this article
Source: Developing World Bioethics - January 12, 2007 Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

ETHICS BEYOND BORDERS: HOW HEALTH PROFESSIONALS EXPERIENCE ETHICS IN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND DEVELOPMENT WORK discuss this article
Source: Developing World Bioethics - January 5, 2007 Source Type: journals

CONTEMPORARY MEDICAL ETHICS: AN OVERVIEW FROM IRAN discuss this article
Source: Developing World Bioethics - January 5, 2007 Source Type: journals

[Global ethics] Unesco's Global Ethics Observatory discuss this article
Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - January 5, 2007 Authors: ten Have, H, Ang, T W Source Type: journals

[General ethics] Truth telling, autonomy and the role of metaphor discuss this article
Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - January 5, 2007 Authors: Kirklin, D Source Type: journals

[Global ethics] The possibility of a universal declaration of biomedical ethics discuss this article
Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - January 5, 2007 Authors: Hedayat, K M Source Type: journals

[Research ethics] Is the NHS research ethics committees system to be outsourced to a low-cost offshore call centre? Reflections on human research ethics after the Warner Report discuss this article
Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - January 5, 2007 Authors: Epstein, M, Wingate, D L Source Type: journals

[Clinical ethics] Ethical difficulties in clinical practice: experiences of European doctors discuss this article
Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - January 5, 2007 Authors: Hurst, S A, Perrier, A, Pegoraro, R, Reiter-Theil, S, Forde, R, Slowther, A-M, Garrett-Mayer, E, Danis, M Source Type: journals

[Teaching and learning ethics] Perspectives on ethics discuss this article
Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - January 5, 2007 Authors: Parker, C Source Type: journals

[Research ethics] Responsibilities and obligations of using human research specimens transported across national boundaries discuss this article
Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - January 5, 2007 Authors: Muula, A S, Mfutso-Bengo, J M Source Type: journals

[Research ethics] Acupuncture trials and informed consent discuss this article
Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - January 5, 2007 Authors: Miller, F G, Kaptchuk, T J Source Type: journals

[General ethics] High hopes and automatic escalators: a critique of some new arguments in bioethics discuss this article
Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - January 5, 2007 Authors: Holm, S, Takala, T Source Type: journals

[Research ethics] Should research ethics committees be told how to think? discuss this article
Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - January 5, 2007 Authors: Sayers, G M Source Type: journals

[General ethics] Should the precautionary principle guide our actions or our beliefs? discuss this article
Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - January 5, 2007 Authors: Peterson, M Source Type: journals

[Reproduction] Culpability and blame after pregnancy loss discuss this article
Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - January 5, 2007 Authors: Hale, B Source Type: journals

[Clinical ethics] How tall is too tall? On the ethics of oestrogen treatment for tall girls discuss this article
Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - January 5, 2007 Authors: Louhiala, P Source Type: journals

[Clinical ethics] Framing, truth telling and the problem with non-directive counselling discuss this article
Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - January 5, 2007 Authors: Kirklin, D Source Type: journals

[Reproduction] Crimes and misdemeanours: the case of child abandonment discuss this article
Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - January 5, 2007 Authors: Giordano, S Source Type: journals

What the Eye Doesn't See: An Analysis of Strategies for Justifying Acts by an Appeal for Concealing Them discuss this article
Source: LEA: Ethics & Behavior: Table of Contents - January 4, 2007 Source Type: journals

Misconduct in the Analysis and Reporting of Data: Bridging Methodological and Ethical Agendas for Change discuss this article
Source: LEA: Ethics & Behavior: Table of Contents - January 4, 2007 Source Type: journals

Ethical Analysis and Recommended Action in Response to the Dangers Associated With Youth Consumerism discuss this article
Source: LEA: Ethics & Behavior: Table of Contents - January 4, 2007 Source Type: journals

The Research Ethics Review Process and Ethics Review Narratives discuss this article
Source: LEA: Ethics & Behavior: Table of Contents - January 4, 2007 Source Type: journals

What's the Risk in Asking? Participant Reaction to Trauma History Questions Compared With Reaction to Other Personal Questions discuss this article
Source: LEA: Ethics & Behavior: Table of Contents - January 4, 2007 Source Type: journals

ARTICLES: Validation of Ethical Decision Making Measures: Evidence for a New Set of Measures discuss this article
Source: LEA: Ethics & Behavior: Table of Contents - January 4, 2007 Source Type: journals

DEFINING BIOETHICS discuss this article
Source: Bioethics - January 3, 2007 Source Type: journals

THE CONTRIBUTORS discuss this article
Source: Bioethics - January 3, 2007 Source Type: journals

RACIST ORGAN DONORS AND SAVING LIVES discuss this article
Source: Bioethics - January 3, 2007 Source Type: journals

COMMENTARY: SCIENCE SCANDAL OR ETHICS SCANDAL? OLIVIERI REDUX discuss this article
Source: Bioethics - January 3, 2007 Source Type: journals

AN IRONIC REDUCTIO FOR A 'PRO-LIFE' ARGUMENT:1 HURLBUT'S PROPOSAL FOR STEM CELL RESEARCH discuss this article
Source: Bioethics - January 3, 2007 Source Type: journals

ILLNESS, SUFFERING AND VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA discuss this article
Source: Bioethics - January 3, 2007 Source Type: journals

SUBSTANTIAL IDENTITY AND THE RIGHT TO LIFE: A REJOINDER TO DEAN STRETTON discuss this article
Source: Bioethics - January 3, 2007 Source Type: journals

PASCAL'S WAGER AND THE PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE discuss this article
Source: Bioethics - January 3, 2007 Source Type: journals

What many transgender activists don't want you to know: and why you should know it anyway. discuss this article
Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - January 1, 2007 Authors: Bailey JM, Triea K Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: journals

Whoever could get rid of the context of discovery/context of justification dichotomy? A proposal based on recent developments in clinical research. discuss this article
Source: The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy - January 1, 2007 Authors: de Freitas RS, Pietrobon R Tags: J Med Philos Source Type: journals

Creating difficulties everywhere. discuss this article
Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - January 1, 2007 Authors: Wear D, Aultman JM Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: journals

The medical humanities: introduction. discuss this article
Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - January 1, 2007 Authors: Jones T, Wear D Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: journals

Between health and illness. discuss this article
Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - January 1, 2007 Authors: Davies PG Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: journals

Contemporary art and the ethics of anatomy. discuss this article
Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - January 1, 2007 Authors: Barilan YM Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: journals

High theory/mass markets: Newsweek magazine and the circuits of medical culture. discuss this article
Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - January 1, 2007 Authors: Lewis B Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: journals

Toward a broader notion of community. discuss this article
Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - January 1, 2007 Authors: Levine BR Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: journals

A hormone for all seasons. discuss this article
Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - January 1, 2007 Authors: Tata JR Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: journals

"Our options have changed. .. we will not call you back". Communicating with my primary care physician. discuss this article
Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - January 1, 2007 Authors: Messikomer CM Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: journals

Medicine and industry: a necessary but conflicted relationship. discuss this article
Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - January 1, 2007 Authors: Fisher MA Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: journals

Becoming what we love: autogynephilic transsexualism conceptualized as an expression of romantic love. discuss this article
Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - January 1, 2007 Authors: Lawrence AA Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: journals

Research records and the resolution of misconduct allegations at research universities. discuss this article
Source: Accountability in Research - January 1, 2007 Authors: Wilson K, Schreier A, Griffin A, Resnik D Tags: Account Res Source Type: journals

Ghost marketing: pharmaceutical companies and ghostwritten journal articles. discuss this article
Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - January 1, 2007 Authors: Moffatt B, Elliott C Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: journals

Intentional exposure studies of environmental agents on human subjects: assessing benefits and risks. discuss this article
Source: Accountability in Research - January 1, 2007 Authors: Resnik DB Tags: Account Res Source Type: journals

Ethical problems with the mental health evaluation standards of care for adult gender variant prospective patients. discuss this article
Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - January 1, 2007 Authors: Hale CJ Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: journals

Complexity: unruly and otherwise. discuss this article
Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - January 1, 2007 Authors: Bawden R Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: journals

Infant mortality decline in the late 19th and early 20th centuries: the role of market milk. discuss this article
Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - January 1, 2007 Authors: Lee KS Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: journals

The revolution in psychiatric diagnosis: problems at the foundations. discuss this article
Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - January 1, 2007 Authors: Galatzer-Levy IR, Galatzer-Levy RM Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: journals

Putting concerns about nature in context: the case of agricultural biotechnology. discuss this article
Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - January 1, 2007 Authors: Kaebnick GE Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: journals

Samuel Beckett's "Rockaby": dramatizing the plight of the solitary elderly at life's end. discuss this article
Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - January 1, 2007 Authors: Groninger H, Childress MD Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: journals

Conflicts of interest in health care: who guards the guardians? discuss this article
Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - January 1, 2007 Authors: Epstein RA Tags: Perspect Biol Med Source Type: journals

Point-of-service nerve conduction studies: an example of industry-driven disruptive innovation in health care. discuss this article
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