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It is settled: the 'is' can (and should) inform the 'ought'!

Beyond the state of the art in ethics consultation.

Salad days.

Improving care and ethics: a plea for interactive empirical ethics.

A critical juncture. Surveys of ethicists and mission leaders indicate concerns about the future of ethics in the Catholic health ministry.

The role of empirical research in bioethics.

A possible solution, but not the last word.

Responsibility and speculation: on possible applications of pediatric fMRI.

As prickly as a porcupine: reflections on a systems-based experiential sculpting exercise.

At the table together: mission and ethics as partners. Dynamic and effective teamwork between ethicists and mission leaders at Ascension Health helps strengthen the system's ministry.

Integrating ethics and patient safety: the role of clinical ethics consultants in quality improvement.

Transparency rules at the Cleveland Clinic.

Speaking of ethical expertise...

Who is buying normative bioethics research?

The green revolution in bioethics.

'Tell us what you want to do, and we'll tell you how to do it ethically'--academic bioethics: routinely ideological and occasionally corrupt.

The social psychology of amateur ethicists: blood product recall notification and the value of reflexivity.

Challenging norms in bioethics--helping others to find their voice.

Good guys don't wear white.

Advance directives in Spain. Perspectives from a medical bioethicist approach.