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• In Defense of "Denial": Difficulty Knowing When Beliefs Are Unrealistic and Whether Unrealistic Beliefs Are Bad.

  Blumenthal-Barby JS, Ubel PA. Blumenthal-Barby JS, et al. Am J Bioeth. 2018 Sep;18(9):4-15. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2018.1498934. Am J Bioeth. 2018. PMID: 30235093
• "I Know I'm Going to Beat This": When Patients and Doctors Disagree About Prognosis.

  Childers JW, Arnold RM. Childers JW, et al. Am J Bioeth. 2018 Sep;18(9):16-18. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2018.1498951. Am J Bioeth. 2018. PMID: 30235096 No abstract available.
• Denial and Dyads: Patients Whose Surrogates and Physicians Are Unrealistically Optimistic.

  Berger JT, Miller DR. Berger JT, et al. Am J Bioeth. 2018 Sep;18(9):29-31. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2018.1498939. Am J Bioeth. 2018. PMID: 30235103 No abstract available.
• When Denial Hurts the Children: An Argument for Accountability of Denial in Parental Decision Making.

  Jerud I, Knowlton S. Jerud I, et al. Am J Bioeth. 2018 Sep;18(9):33-35. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2018.1498950. Am J Bioeth. 2018. PMID: 30235104 No abstract available.
• Off-Target Effects of a Defense of Denial.

  Majumder MA, Scott CT. Majumder MA, et al. Am J Bioeth. 2018 Sep;18(9):22-24. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2018.1498944. Am J Bioeth. 2018. PMID: 30265597 No abstract available.
• In Defense of Common Human Responses.

  Mukherjee D, Brashler R. Mukherjee D, et al. Am J Bioeth. 2018 Sep;18(9):20-22. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2018.1498945. Am J Bioeth. 2018. PMID: 30265598 No abstract available.
• Weaponizing Hope: Sources of Hope, Unrealistic Optimism, and Denial.

  Michie M, Allyse M, Stoll KA, Master Z. Michie M, et al. Am J Bioeth. 2018 Sep;18(9):25-27. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2018.1498946. Am J Bioeth. 2018. PMID: 30265599 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
• The Unintended Consequences of Reframing Denial, Unrealistic Optimism, and Self-Deception.

  Kondrat A. Kondrat A. Am J Bioeth. 2018 Sep;18(9):36-37. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2018.1498947. Am J Bioeth. 2018. PMID: 30265600 No abstract available.
• Why (Some) Unrealistic Optimism is Permissible in Patient Decision Making.

  Jefferson A, Bortolotti L. Jefferson A, et al. Am J Bioeth. 2018 Sep;18(9):27-29. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2018.1498940. Am J Bioeth. 2018. PMID: 30265602 No abstract available.
• Hope, Denial, and Third-Party Effects.

  Murray D. Murray D. Am J Bioeth. 2018 Sep;18(9):31-33. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2018.1498942. Am J Bioeth. 2018. PMID: 30265604 No abstract available.
• Propositions and Pragmatics.

  Weinfurt KP. Weinfurt KP. Am J Bioeth. 2018 Sep;18(9):18-20. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2018.1498943. Am J Bioeth. 2018. PMID: 30265605 No abstract available.