November-December 2011 (volume 41, number 6)Featuring pieces questioning some of the standard philosophical answers to issues in bioethics: an article on how those with anorexia nervosa understand and utilize the concept of authenticity, an article on how a study of children with leukemia shows that our rationality and morality consist of more than just formal reasoning, and an essay on the real-life experiences of bioethicists diagnosed with cancer.
September-October 2011 (volume 41, number 5)With essays questioning the reliability of DNA forensics and the universality of medical ethics around the globe, and articles on when doctors may know best after all and dark humor in medicine.
July-August 2011 (volume 41, number 4)With five essays weighing in on the ethics of pursuing synthetic biology and an article that envisions how medical research and medical care might be ethically integrated with the same health care system.
May-June 2011 (volume 41, number 3)With articles that question the ethical prohibitions against physician participation in capital punishment and torture, an essay on surrogate health care decisions and same-sex relationships, and three essays from the Report's fortieth anniversary contest for young scholars exploring how bioethics should be done.
March-April 2011 (volume 41, number 2)With articles on whether it is sound practice to always provide hard data about treatment risks and benefits to patients and the possible ramifications of viewing research as morally obligatory, as well as a Special Report on diagnosing and treating psychiatric illness in children, and why values and context play such an important role when doing both.
January-February 2011 (volume 41, number 1)With four essays on how design benefits patient care and business and two articles that question some common arguments offered in favor of shaping children through reprogenetics.
November-December 2010 (volume 40, number 6)With an article and commentaries on the ethics of growth attenuation for children with profound disabilities and four essays from the Report's fortieth anniversary contest on what issues bioethics should tackle in the future.
September-October 2010 (volume 40, number 5)With essays on personalized medicine, an article on the policies and practices of Oregon hospices regarding physician-assisted death, and an article on improving treatment decision-making for incapacitated patients.