The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics : a Journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics
Overview
The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics is a prestigious publication affiliated with the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics. This interdisciplinary journal explores the complex and evolving relationship between law, medicine, and ethics. It features scholarly articles, case studies, and critical analyses that examine legal and ethical issues in healthcare, medical research, bioethics, and public health. With a focus on promoting dialogue and understanding, this journal serves as a valuable resource for academics, practitioners, policymakers, and anyone interested in the intersection of l
Details
Details
Abbr.
J Law Med Ethics
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Start
1993
End
Continuing
Frequency
Quarterly
p-ISSN
1073-1105
e-ISSN
1748-720X
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Metrics
Metrics
h-index / Ranks: 5503
66
SJR / Ranks: 6679
669
CiteScore / Ranks: 9425
2.60
JIF / Ranks: 5004
2.1
Recent Articles
1.
Scholte M, Bendicksen L, Grimm S, Abu-Zahra T, Pauly B, Joore M, et al.
J Law Med Ethics
. 2025 Jan;
52(4):940-949.
PMID: 39885757
To help academic and non-profit investigators interested in drug repurposing navigate regulatory approval processes, we compared pathways for repurposed drugs to obtain approval at EMA, UK MHRA, and the US...
2.
Comeau D, Silverman B, Alborzi Avanaki M, Wolf S
J Law Med Ethics
. 2025 Jan;
52(4):840-850.
PMID: 39885756
The emergence of innovative neuroimaging technologies, particularly highly portable magnetic resonance imaging (pMRI), has the potential to spawn a transformative era in neuroscience research. Resourced academic institutional review boards (IRBs)...
3.
Birly S, Teeple A, Illes J
J Law Med Ethics
. 2025 Jan;
52(4):816-823.
PMID: 39885755
The paucity of existing baseline data for understanding neurologic health and the effects of injury on people from Indigenous populations is causally related to the limited representation of communities in...
4.
Wolf S, Illes J
J Law Med Ethics
. 2025 Jan;
52(4):805-815.
PMID: 39885754
Portable MRI for neuroimaging research in remote field settings can reach populations previously excluded from research, including communities underrepresented in current brain neuroscience databases and marginalized in health care. However,...
5.
Shen F, Wolf S, Lawrenz F, Comeau D, Evans B, Fair D, et al.
J Law Med Ethics
. 2025 Jan;
52(4):769-785.
PMID: 39885753
Highly portable and accessible MRI technology will allow researchers to conduct field-based MRI research in community settings. Previous guidance for researchers working with fixed MRI does not address the novel...
6.
Shen F, Lawrenz F, Wolf S
J Law Med Ethics
. 2025 Jan;
52(4):764-768.
PMID: 39885752
No abstract available.
7.
Farah M
J Law Med Ethics
. 2025 Jan;
52(4):824-829.
PMID: 39885751
People of low socioeconomic status (SES) are often underrepresented in biomedical research. The importance of demographically diverse research samples is widely recognized, especially given socioeconomic disparities in health, but have...
8.
Taylor L
J Law Med Ethics
. 2025 Jan;
52(4):903-906.
PMID: 39885750
Bioethics is taking an institutional turn, where organizations are being taken seriously as moral agents. Within US healthcare, this is difficult to do without confronting "the market" as a highly...
9.
Riegler J
J Law Med Ethics
. 2025 Jan;
52(4):883-902.
PMID: 39885749
Payers have shaped the healthcare system in the United States as fee-for-service has facilitated a care model that prioritizes volume over the sake of patient care. This worsens health disparities,...
10.
Evans B
J Law Med Ethics
. 2025 Jan;
52(4):851-867.
PMID: 39885748
This article explores two questions: (1) whether portable MRI research might escape regulatory oversight altogether under existing U.S. privacy and research ethical frameworks, leaving research participants without adequate protections, and...