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Bonebrake, R., Bones, A., Casey, M. J., Huerter, C., Ngo B., O’Brien, R. L., Rendell M. “Ethical challenges of pregnancy risk management programs.” Cutis (in press).
Brody, B., Dickey, N., Ellenberg, S., Heaney, R., Levine, R., O’Brien, R. (primary and corresponding author), Purtilo, R. L., Weijer, C. “Is the use of Placebo Controls Ethically Permissible in Clinical Trials of Agents Intended to Reduce Fractures in Osteoporosis?” Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 18:1105-1109, 2003.
Chapple, H. S. “Changing the Game in the ICU: Letting Nature Take Its Course.” In R. M. Baird & S. E. Rosenbaum (Eds). Caring for the Dying: Critical Issues at the Edge of Life. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2003, 47-71,
Chapple, H. S. “Could She Be Dying? Dis-Orders of Reality Around Death in an American Hospital.” Anthropology and Humanism 27( 2): 165-184, December 2002.
Chapple, H. S. Dying to be rescued: American hospitals, clinicians, and death. Unpublished dissertation, University of Virginia, 2007.
Chapple, H. S., Pinkerton, J.V., Finnerty, J. J., Lombardo, P. A., Rorty M. V., and Boyle, R. J. “Parental Rights at the Birth of a Near-Viable Infant: Conflicting Perspectives.” American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 177(2): 283-8, August 1997.
Cook C. T., Kosoko-Lasaki O., O’Brien R. “Satisfaction with and Perceived Cultural Competency of Healthcare Providers: The Minority Experience.” Journal of the National Medical Association 97(8):1078-1087, 2005.
Dula, A. and Stone J.R. “Wakeup Call: Healthcare and Racism.” Hastings Center Report 32(4):48, 2002.
Garis R., O’Brien R. L. “Ethical Issues Influencing Public Policy Initiatives.” In Wertheimer A, Smith M, Rickles (Eds). Social and Behavioral Aspects of Pharmaceutical Care. 2nd Edition. Haworth Press (in press).
Haddad, A. Chapter 94: “Application of Ethical Principles to Practice Dilemmas” In Part 8: Pharmacy Practice, Section A: Fundamentals of Pharmacy Practice, Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy, 21st ed., Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, pp. 1745-1752, 2005.
Haddad, A. “Applying the scholarship of teaching and learning to ethics education in occupational and physical therapy,” In Educating for Moral Action: A Sourcebook in Health and Rehabilitation Ethics, F.A. Davis, Publishers, Philadelphia, PA, pp. 305-310, 2005. *Winner of the Alpha Sigma Nu Book of the Year Award.
Kosoko-Lasaki O., Cook C. T, O’Brien R, Kissell J., Purtilo R., Peak F. “Promoting Cultural Proficiency” In Researchers To Enhance The Recruitment And Participation Of Minority Populations In Research: Development And Refinement Of Survey Instruments. Evaluation and Program Planning 29: 227-335, 2006.
O’Brien, R. L. “2000 & Beyond: Health Care Challenges in the New Millennium.” Bulletin of the Metro Omaha Medical Society 21(1): 4-13, 2000.
O'Brien, R. L. “Choosing Medicine: Motive, Incentive, Obligation.” The Pharos 58(3):38-42, 1995.
O’Brien, R. L. “Darkness Cometh: Personal, Social and Economic Burdens of Alzheimer’s Disease.” In R. B. Purtilo and H. ten Have (Eds.), Ethical Foundations of Palliative Care for Alzheimer Disease. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004, 7-23.
O’Brien, R. L. “Globalization: Opportunity for International Standards of Education and Practice.” In M. Osterweis and D. Holmes (Eds.), Global Dimensions of Domestic Health Issues. Washington: Association of Academic Health Centers, 2000, 133-146.
O’Brien, R. L., Deckers, W. J. M. “Framework for an Educational Module for Health Professionals”. In R. B. Purtilo and H. ten Have (Eds.), Ethical Foundations of Palliative Care for Alzheimer Disease. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004, 348-353.
O’Brien R. L., Kosoko-Lasaki O., Cook C. T., Kissell J., Peak F., Williams E. H. “Self-assessment of Cultural Attitudes and Competence of Clinical Investigators to Enhance Recruitment and Participation of Minority Populations in Research.” Journal of the National Medical Association 98(5): 674-682, 2006.
Rentmeester, C. A. “Moral Damage to Healthcare Professionals and Trainees: Consequences for Patient Care and Collegiality.” Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 331: forthcoming, January 2008.
Rentmeester, C. A., “Should a Good Healthcare Professional Be (at Least a Little) Callous?” Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 32(1):43-64, February 2007.
Rentmeester, C. A., “What’s Legal? What’s Moral? What’s the Difference? A Guide for Teaching Residents.” American Journal of Bioethics 6(4):31-32, July-August 2006.
Rentmeester, C. A. “Why Aren’t You Doing What We Want? Cultivating Collegiality and Communication between Specialist and Generalist Physicians and Residents.” Journal of Medical Ethics 33(5):308-310, 2007.
Rentmeester, C. A., Badura A. B., Kavan, M., “Third and Fourth Year Medical Students’ Attitudes about and Experiences with Callousness: the Good, the Bad, and the Ambiguous.” Medical Teacher 29(4): 358-364, May 2007.
Rentmeester, C. A., O’Brien, R.L. “Moral Priorities in a Teaching Hospital” The Hastings Center Report 36(6): 13-14, November/December 2006.
Stone, JR. “Healthcare Inequality, Cross-Cultural Training, and Bioethics: Principles and Applications,” Accepted for publication in Special Section of Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics: Illuminating Culture, Health, and Ethics: Beyond Equality and Justice. 17 (2), Spring 2008.
Stone, J. R. “Importance of Community Input —A Moral Framework for Disaster Planning.” Practical Bioethics 2(4) & 3(1-2): 9-11, 2007.
Stone, J. R. “Race and Healthcare Disparities: Overcoming Vulnerability.” Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 23: 499-518, 2002.
Stone, J. R., Blacksher, E., “Introduction,” Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 23: 421- 424, 2002.
Stone, J. R., Parham, G. P. "An Ethical Framework for Community Health Workers and Related Institutions." Family & Community Health 30(4): 351-363, October/December 2007.
Van Dam, S, Welie, J. V. M. “Requirement-Driven Dental Education and the Patient’s Right to Informed Consent.” Journal of the American College of Dentists 67(3): 40-47, 2001.
Welie, J. V. M. “Clinical Ethics: Theory or Practice?” Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics. 19(3): 295-312, 1998.
Welie, J. V. M.. “Is Dentistry a Profession?” Journal of the Canadian Dental Association.
Welie, J. V. M. “Doctor, I Really Need Whiter Teeth! A Report
on the Use of Deconstructed Cases in Dental Ethics Education.”
Medicine, Healthcare and Philosophy 2(2): 195-203, 1999.
Welie, J. V. M. “Ignatius of Loyola on Medical Education. Or:
Should Today's Jesuits Continue to Run Health Sciences Schools?”
Early Science and Medicine 8(1): 26-43, 2003).
Welie, J. V. M. “When Medical Treatment is no Longer in Order.
Towards a new interpretation of the ordinary-extraordinary
distinction.” National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 5(3):
517-536, 2005.
Welie, J. V. M. “The Relationship Between Medicine's Internal
Morality and Religion." Christian Bioethics 8(2):
175-198, 2003.
Welie, J.V.M. “The Tendency of Contemporary Decision-Making
Strategies to Deny the Condition of Alzheimer’s Disease.” In
Purtilo, R. B. & ten Have, H. A. M. J. (Eds.), Ethical
Foundations of Palliative Care for Alzheimer’s Disease.
Johns Hopkins University Press 2004, 163-180.
Welie, J. V. M. “Towards an Ethics of Immediacy.” Medicine,
Healthcare and Philosophy. 2(1): 11-19, 1999.
Welie, J. V. M., Rule, J. T. “Overcoming Isolationism. Moral
Competencies, Virtues and the Importance of Connectedness.” In
Welie, J. V. M. (Ed.): Justice in Oral Health Care: Ethical
and Educational Perspectives. Milwaukee: Marquette
University Press, 2006, 97-125.