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Department of Philosophy
P.O. Box 5190
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242
Phone: 330-672-2315 | Fax: 330-672-4867
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P.O. Box 5190
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242
Phone: 330-672-2315 | Fax: 330-672-4867
Ask KSU Philosophy
Profiles
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
- Deborah R. Barnbaum, The Ethics of Autism: Among Them But Not of Them, Indiana University Press, 2008.
- Deborah R. Barnbaum and Michael Byron, Research Ethics: Text and Readings, Prentice Hall, 2001.
Articles
- "Supererogation and Clinical Research,"Medicine, Healthcare, and Philosophy, 11 (2008): 343-349.
- "Research Ethics and the Dharma Initiative," pp. 39-48 in Lost and Philosophy: The Island Has Its Reasons, ed. Sharon Kaye, Blackwell, 2008.
- "Ex Post Facto IRB Review: Two Practical Hurdles, One Conceptual Mistake," American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Philosophy and Medicine 3 (2003): 164-167.
- "Making More Sense of 'Minimal Risk'," IRB: Ethics & Human Research 24 (2002): 10-13.
- "Teaching Empathy in Medical Ethics: The Use of 'Lottery Assignments'," Teaching Philosophy 24 (2001): 65-77.
- "Gene Therapy and The FDA's Nondisclosure Policy," Politics and the Life Sciences, 9 (2000): 261-268.
- "Interpreting Surrogate Consent Using Counterfactuals," The Journal of Applied Philosophy 16 (1999): 167-172.
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