Journal of Medical Ethics
Overview
The Journal of Medical Ethics is a renowned scholarly publication that explores ethical issues in healthcare and medicine. It provides a platform for rigorous research, insightful analysis, and critical discussions on topics such as patient autonomy, end-of-life care, reproductive ethics, medical research ethics, and healthcare resource allocation. With a multidisciplinary approach, the journal aims to foster ethical awareness and inform healthcare professionals, policymakers, and academics worldwide.
Details
Details
Abbr.
J Med Ethics
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group
Start
1975
End
Continuing
Frequency
Monthly, 2005-
p-ISSN
0306-6800
e-ISSN
1473-4257
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Specialty
Medical Ethics
Metrics
Metrics
h-index / Ranks: 3865
87
SJR / Ranks: 4131
952
CiteScore / Ranks: 3626
6.20
JIF / Ranks: 2178
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Appel J
J Med Ethics
. 2025 Mar;
PMID: 40074325
While artificial intelligence's (AI's) potential role in enhancing diagnostic accuracy and personalising treatment is well-recognised, its application in evaluating physicians raises critical ethical concerns as well. The paper examines the...
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Jesudason E
J Med Ethics
. 2025 Mar;
PMID: 40074324
Iatrogenesis is a recognised aspect of healthcare. But could kindness, a prized ingredient in such work, be implicated in some of the iatrogenic harm? In a recent paper, I noted...
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Rudra P, Balke W, Kacprowski T, Ursin F, Salloch S
J Med Ethics
. 2025 Mar;
PMID: 40074323
Informed consent in surgical settings requires not only the accurate communication of medical information but also the establishment of trust through empathic engagement. The use of large language models (LLMs)...
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Holt J
J Med Ethics
. 2025 Mar;
PMID: 40074322
Some pro-life philosophers have argued that if one accepts abortion, one should accept infanticide. Prabhpal Singh has proposed a symmetry breaker. He argues that the parent-child relationship can only be...
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Swain C, Rickard R, Karlgren K, Helgesson G
J Med Ethics
. 2025 Mar;
PMID: 40044417
'Live tissue training', using an anaesthetised live animal substituted for a human patient for the practice of surgical skills, is a controversial topic. Although simulator technologies have developed significantly for...
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Jecker N, Chung R
J Med Ethics
. 2025 Mar;
PMID: 40037808
This paper asks how bioethics navigates, and should navigate, value pluralism in the increasingly global spaces in which bioethics operates. We juxtapose the ethical approaches suggested by East Asian societies,...
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Guerrero Quinones J, Puzio A
J Med Ethics
. 2025 Mar;
PMID: 40037807
Healthcare is one of the domains in which artificial intelligence (AI) is already having a major impact. Of interest is the idea of the digital twin (DT), an AI-powered technology...
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Degeling C, Williams J
J Med Ethics
. 2025 Mar;
PMID: 40032515
Effective public health responses to many infectious diseases require sustained collective action. Communicable disease control in populations can only be achieved by high levels of public compliance with health directives....
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