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Deborah R. Barnbaum

Professor, Health Care Ethics Coordinator

Education:

  • University of Massachusetts, Ph.D. 1996 Philosophy
  • University of Massachusetts, M.A. 1993 Philosophy
  • University of California, Los Angeles, B.A. 1990 Philosophy and English
Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Selected Publications

Books

  1. Deborah R. Barnbaum, The Ethics of Autism: Among Them But Not of Them, Indiana University Press, 2008.
  2. Deborah R. Barnbaum and Michael Byron, Research Ethics: Text and Readings, Prentice Hall, 2001.
   

Articles

  1. "Supererogation and Clinical Research,"Medicine, Healthcare, and Philosophy, 11 (2008): 343-349.
  2. "Research Ethics and the Dharma Initiative," pp. 39-48 in Lost and Philosophy: The Island Has Its Reasons, ed. Sharon Kaye, Blackwell, 2008.
  3. "Ex Post Facto IRB Review: Two Practical Hurdles, One Conceptual Mistake," American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Philosophy and Medicine 3 (2003): 164-167.
  4. "Making More Sense of 'Minimal Risk'," IRB: Ethics & Human Research 24 (2002): 10-13.
  5. "Teaching Empathy in Medical Ethics: The Use of 'Lottery Assignments'," Teaching Philosophy 24 (2001): 65-77.
  6. "Gene Therapy and The FDA's Nondisclosure Policy," Politics and the Life Sciences, 9 (2000): 261-268.
  7. "Interpreting Surrogate Consent Using Counterfactuals," The Journal of Applied Philosophy 16 (1999): 167-172.
Deborah R. Barnbaum
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