Journal of Medical Ethics

is a leading journal covering the whole field of medical ethics, promoting ethical reflection and conduct in scientific research and medical practice.

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Journal of Medical Ethics (JME) features articles on ethical aspects of health care relevant to health care professionals, members of clinical ethics committees, medical ethics professionals, researchers and bioscientists, policy makers and patients. It also publishes an associated forum.

The Editor-in-Chief is Professor John McMillan (University of Otago), who leads an international editorial team.

Find out how you can contribute to the journal’s Feature Article discussions here.

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The Journal of Medical Ethics accepts submissions of a wide range of article types, including original research, reviews and feature articles.

The Author Information section provides specific article requirements to help you turn your research into an article suitable for JME.

Information is also provided on editorial policies and open access.

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Latest Articles

Original research:

Artificial intelligence, pharmaceutical development and dual-use research of concern: a call to action

27 March 2025

Commentary:

Keeping the humans in the loop: why surrogate human decision-makers remain necessary with personalised patient preference predictors (P4) use

27 March 2025

Commentary:

Ethical consideration of the limitation of substitute judgement and AI preference predictors in medical decision-making

26 March 2025

Extended essay:

Grave injustice: the continuing use of unclaimed bodies in American medicine

26 March 2025

Extended essay:

Feasibility, comprehension and applicability of broad consent in the emergency department: an exploratory mixed-methods study

26 March 2025

Most Read Articles

Original research:

Is pregnancy a disease? A normative approach

23 December 2024

Feature article:

Ladders and stairs: how the intervention ladder focuses blame on individuals and obscures systemic failings and interventions

20 September 2024

Extended essay:

Ethics of the fiduciary relationship between patient and physician: the case of informed consent

23 December 2024

Current controversy:

Supporting autonomy in young people with gender dysphoria: psychotherapy is not conversion therapy

23 December 2024

Extended essay:

Right to mental integrity and neurotechnologies: implications of the extended mind thesis

20 September 2024

Altmetrics

COVID-19 vaccine boosters for young adults: a risk benefit assessment and ethical analysis of mandate policies at universities
5 December 2022

Reconsidering fetal pain
14 January 2020

Blaming the unvaccinated during the COVID-19 pandemic: the roles of political ideology and risk perceptions in the USA
9 June 2023

Forever young? The ethics of ongoing puberty suppression for non-binary adults
24 July 2020

Is pregnancy a disease? A normative approach
29 January 2024

Herd immunity, vaccination and moral obligation
5 June 2023

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Journal of Medical Ethics - Our Full Story

12 March 2024

Listen to Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Medical Ethics, John McMillan, talk about the journal's aims and scope, the advice he has for authors thinking about submitting to the journal, what the journal has to offer to readers and what the journal has planned for 2024.

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