Bioethics

Journal of the International Association of Bioethics

Edited by:
Ruth Chadwick and Udo Schüklenk

ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2007: 5/28 (Ethics); 4/7 (Medical Ethics); 15/28 (Social Sciences, Biomedical); 7/32 (Social Issues)
Impact Factor: 1.152

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Bioethics provides a forum for well-argued articles on the ethical questions raised by current issues such as: international collaborative clinical research in developing countries, organ transplants and xenotransplantation, ageing and the human lifespan, AIDS, genomics, and stem cell research. These questions are considered in relation to concrete ethical, legal and policy problems, or in terms of the fundamental concepts, principles and theories used in discussions of such problems.

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TopNews and Announcements

Bioethics Online Open
Authors of articles in this journal can now choose to make their articles open access and available free for all readers through the payment of an author fee. Read more.

Calls for Papers!
Special issue call for papers - Advance directives from a cross-cultural perspective - click here for further details!
Special issue call for papers - Research on Prisoners and Vulnerable Populations - Click here for further details!
Special issue call for papers - Neuroethics - Click here for further details!

NEW Bioethics Book - The Bioethics Reader
A collection celebrating some of the best essays from the Blackwell journals, Bioethics and Developing World Bioethics.
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Online Content Now Available Back to Volume 1
All back issues of Bioethics are available online. Click here to browse contents and abstracts.  For further information on how to access these issues please visit our Librarian Site.

Online Submission
You can now submit your manuscripts to Bioethics online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/biot.
Please ensure that you select manuscript type 'Special Issue' if submitting for one of the Special Issues, and state which Special Issue you are submitting for in the covering text.

Ethxblog
Keep up to date with a new ethics blog -  http://ethxblog.blogspot.com - updated daily by Udo Schüklenk, co-editor of Bioethics and Developing World Bioethics.

Free Access in the Developing World
Free online access to this journal is available within institutions in the developing world through the HINARI  initiative with the World Health Organization (WHO).

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TopHighlights

Top 5 Articles Downloaded from Volume 20 of Bioethics

Click on the hyperlinked article titles below.

Neuroethics
Walter Glannon

Returning Genetic Research Results to Individuals: Points-to-consider
Gaile Renegar, Christopher J. Webster, Steffen Stuerzebecher, Lea Harty, Susan E. Ide, Beth Balkite, Taryn A. Rogalski-Salter, Nadine Cohen, Brian B.Spear, Diane M. Barnes, Celia Brazell

Addiction and Autonomy: Can Addicted People Consent to the prescription of their drug of addiction?
Bennett Foddy, Julian Savulescu

Ethics and Infectious Disease
Michael Selgelid

Preparing for an Influenza Pandemic: Ethical Issues
Jaro Kotalik

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TopEndorsements

"The difficulty is to make the debates co-operative and constructive rather than simply clashes of propaganda, and Bioethics seems to me to make an uncommonly good shot at this difficult goal. "
Mary Midgely, Nature

"The readability of most of the articles published is first class. "
Margaret Brazier, Times Higher Educational Supplement