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The article discusses the clinical case of varicella vaccine recipients in adulthood as the vaccine-associated shingles. Topics include recipients of a live-attenuated primary varicella vaccine have an ethical claim to a shingles vaccine in adulthood; and the corresponding governmental duty to plan a shingles vaccination program for varicella vaccine recipients when initiating a varicella vaccination program.

The article discusses structural concerns for the health of male donors who have had sex with other men (MSM) in revising the precautionary principle. Topics discussed include information on policies designed for reducing HIV infection; need for effective engagement of LGBT community with clinical medicine; and adverse impact of the policies which restrict blood donations.

The article discusses various reports published within the issue, including one on internal tensions regarding bioethical work by Miller and Truog (2008), "Bioethics as Practice," by Judith Andre, and "Keeping Moral Space Open," by Margaret Urban Walker.

The article offers the author's insight on the historical aspects of gendered biases in the understanding of hysteria, with regards to the analysis by Kanaan on the diagnostic processes of hysteria. He discusses how the diagnoses of hysteria and mental health conditions have been gendered and its consequences for women who suffered from unexplained chronic pain. He states that women were affected by the diagnostic criteria of hysteria, given that they are mostly diagnosed with conversion disorders, the modern equivalent of hysteria, than men. He notes that Kanaan provides a nuanced understanding on the role of lying in the diagnosis of hysteria that complicates the doctor-patient encounter and how it affects the moral of the patient leading to the erosion of epistemic agency.