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Waiting for the SCOTUS decision on Obamacare? Read AJOB.

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The American Journal of Bioethics

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As the nation waits on pins and needles for SCOTUS’ decision regarding Obamacare, take a few minutes to bone up on the ethics of healthcare reform and governance with AJOB’s Special Issue on healthcare reform. Published July 2011, this issue contains two key articles, Rationing Just Health Care by Lawrence Schneiderman, and Jennifer Prah Ruger’s Shared Health Governance.

Want to know more about the ethical issues related to healthcare reform and Obamacare? Visit bioethics.net to read more than 200 news stories, articles, and events relating to health reform today.

SJM

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