The commentary on my article “Circular Questioning by Ethics Committees: Who's Asking
the Doctors?” by Jan Marta provides excellent background on the origin and accurate …

In this issue, Jeffrey Tiemstra revisits the theme of “circular questioning” as a potential
technique for ethics committees when they attempt to resolve difficult cases. Timothy Keay …

In 1976, the New Jersey Supreme Court handed down its decision on the Karen Quinlan
case. This marked one of the early instances of widespread attention to medical ethics …

In “As Prickly as a Porcupine: Reflections on a Systems-Based “Experiential Sculpting
Exercise,” in this issue of JCE, ethics consultant Thomas Foreman reports on the new …

There is, perhaps, no scene more wrenching in all of literature than the last scene of
Goethe's Faust, Part One. After Faust loves and leaves Gretchen, she loses her mind, and …

The author's claim that bioethics consultation is shaped by a particular context, specifically
one in which individual choices are influenced by societal prejudices and beliefs regarding …

Increasing complexities facing physicians negotiating the bedside decision continue to fuel
the debate over who is the appropriate party to offer ethics consults, should one be needed …

In a recent article in this journal, Timothy Keay suggested that circular questioning, a
technique borrowed from family therapy, might be a useful tool for ethics committees in …

White, Shelton, and Rivais (2018) identified a key development in the evolution of clinical
ethics as a field and as a profession, namely,“identifying and instituting safeguards to assure …

The American Journal of Bioethics (whether an individual or a group) becomes a contributor
to the team, rather than an independent player with different rules of engagement and …