{"title":"Employment-Related Risks and Ethical Enrollment of Military Personnel in Psychedelics Research","authors":"Shajuana D. McMillan,Leslie A. Morland,Jake Earl","doi":"10.1080/15265161.2026.2717098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2026.2717098","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":501008,"journal":{"name":"The American Journal of Bioethics","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148993914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beyond the Reasonable Person Standard for Providing Informed Consent in Neurodiversity Research","authors":"Hana Abbasian,J. Wesley Boyd","doi":"10.1080/15265161.2026.2717116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2026.2717116","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":501008,"journal":{"name":"The American Journal of Bioethics","volume":"52 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148993915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Engaging Employees and Employers to Better Manage Employment Risk in Clinical Trials","authors":"Amanda M. Wilson,Benjamin S. Wilfond","doi":"10.1080/15265161.2026.2717128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2026.2717128","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":501008,"journal":{"name":"The American Journal of Bioethics","volume":"81 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148993896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Overburdening Informed Consent","authors":"Leslie Pickering Francis,John G. Francis","doi":"10.1080/15265161.2026.2717120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2026.2717120","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":501008,"journal":{"name":"The American Journal of Bioethics","volume":"150 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148993909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Situating Personal Utility Amidst Creeping Concerns: Response to Open Peer Commentaries on “The Concept of Personal Utility in Genomic Testing: Three Ethical Tensions”","authors":"Gabriel John Watts, Ainsley J. Newson","doi":"10.1080/15265161.2026.2718379","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2026.2718379","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":501008,"journal":{"name":"The American Journal of Bioethics","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148767307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lisa Soleymani Lehmann,Shauna Overgaard,Suchi Saria,Robert Jenders,Agustina Saenz,Ysabel Duron,Richard Moreno,Tracey Brereton,Farhana Ferdousi Liza,Brenton Hill,Paul Lukac,Joycee Berin,Shannon Ridge,Anton Van Der Vegt,Matthew Elmore,Nicoleta Economou-Zavlanos
{"title":"Clear by Design: Consensus-Based Transparency Practices to Foster Trust in Health AI.","authors":"Lisa Soleymani Lehmann,Shauna Overgaard,Suchi Saria,Robert Jenders,Agustina Saenz,Ysabel Duron,Richard Moreno,Tracey Brereton,Farhana Ferdousi Liza,Brenton Hill,Paul Lukac,Joycee Berin,Shannon Ridge,Anton Van Der Vegt,Matthew Elmore,Nicoleta Economou-Zavlanos","doi":"10.1080/15265161.2026.2699626","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2026.2699626","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":501008,"journal":{"name":"The American Journal of Bioethics","volume":"53 1","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148539061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nicoleta J Economou-Zavlanos,Elisabeth R Garwood,Suchi Saria,David Bates,An-Kwok Ian Wong,Matthew Elmore,Rachael Weir,Tom Ford,Kevin Gormley,Chris Jackson,Hou-Cheng Yang,Ilya Laufer,Leigh Hanes,Stan Huff,Aditya Kotecha,Rich G Kenny,Tara Montgomery,Lee Fleisher
{"title":"A Safety-First Approach to Health AI.","authors":"Nicoleta J Economou-Zavlanos,Elisabeth R Garwood,Suchi Saria,David Bates,An-Kwok Ian Wong,Matthew Elmore,Rachael Weir,Tom Ford,Kevin Gormley,Chris Jackson,Hou-Cheng Yang,Ilya Laufer,Leigh Hanes,Stan Huff,Aditya Kotecha,Rich G Kenny,Tara Montgomery,Lee Fleisher","doi":"10.1080/15265161.2026.2699622","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2026.2699622","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":501008,"journal":{"name":"The American Journal of Bioethics","volume":"122 1","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148539062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Coercive Sterilization: Ethical Concerns on the Complex Overlap of Sickle Cell Disease and Reproductive Health.","authors":"Shameka Poetry Thomas","doi":"10.1080/15265161.2026.2692313","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2026.2692313","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":501008,"journal":{"name":"The American Journal of Bioethics","volume":"39 1","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148415922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Double Binds of Reproductive Injustice: A Response to Kuczewski et al. (2026)","authors":"Lauren Freeman, Avery Kolers, Amy Reed-Sandoval","doi":"10.1080/15265161.2026.2692311","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2026.2692311","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":501008,"journal":{"name":"The American Journal of Bioethics","volume":"39 1","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148415982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Disability as Mere-Difference and What It Means for Randomized Controlled Trials","authors":"Andrew J. Barnhart, Matthias Braun","doi":"10.1080/15265161.2026.2691941","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2026.2691941","url":null,"abstract":"People with disabilities are systematically excluded from randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Recent evidence indicates that a substantial proportion of trials contain explicit disability-related exclusion criteria, while nearly half use implicit criteria (e.g., broad comorbidity bans or investigator discretion) that effectively screen out participants with disabilities. Crucially, the vast majority of these explicit exclusions could be overcome through reasonable design adaptations. This article argues that such exclusion reflects not only methodological oversight but also ableist assumptions embedded in research design, regulatory frameworks, and the concept of clinical equipoise. Drawing on Elizabeth Barnes's mere-difference view, which holds that disability represents value-neutral variation in human embodiment rather than an inherent deficit in well-being, we develop three principal contributions. First, we advance an original critique of mere-difference grounded in power relations and standpoint epistemology, arguing that value-neutrality claims require an explicit anti-ableist commitment to avoid obscuring structural injustice. Second, we present a comparative analysis of clinical trial regulations across 10 countries and regions (the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, Singapore, China, Kenya, Nigeria, and Brazil), demonstrating that unlike gender, age, and race/ethnicity, disability is not subject to mandatory inclusion reporting or exclusion justification requirements. Third, we show how the mere-difference view, appropriately modified, can reshape clinical equipoise by expanding the relevant expert community to include disabled voices and by establishing genuine uncertainty where the standard view forecloses it. We conclude that clinical trial protocols should require explicit justification for disability-based exclusions and that global harmonization efforts, particularly the ICH E6(R3) guidelines, should incorporate explicit language on disability inclusion.","PeriodicalId":501008,"journal":{"name":"The American Journal of Bioethics","volume":"250 1","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148416287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}