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Bioethics

A branch of applied ethics that studies the value implications of practices and developments in life sciences, medicine, and health care. (MeSH, introduced in 1978)

Medical Ethics covers resources on all aspects of ethics in health care and medicine. (Clarivate, WoS, Categories and Scope Notes)

Databases

medRxiv

medRxiv is a publicly available preprint repository for the health sciences, hosted by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
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Ebooks

Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine, 9th Ed.

Recommended Resource
Author
Albert R. Jonsen
Year
2022
ISBN
9781260457544
Subject
Bioethics

Big Data, Health Law, and Bioethics

Author
I. Glenn Cohen
Year
2018
ISBN
9781107193659
Subject
Bioethics

Bioethics: A Nursing Perspective, 8th ed.

Author
Johnstone, Megan-Jane
Year
2023
ISBN
9780729544283
Subject
Bioethics
Nursing

Clinical Ethics Handbook for Nurses: Emphasizing Context, Communication and Collaboration

Author
Grace, Pamela; Milliken, Aimee
Year
2022
ISBN
9789402421552
Subject
Nursing
Bioethics

Code of Medical Ethics of the American Medical Association

Author
American Medical Association. Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs
Year
2017
ISBN
9781622025534
Subject
Bioethics

Ethical Challenges in Oncology

Author
Gallagher, Colleen
Year
2017
ISBN
9780128038314
Subject
Bioethics
Medical Oncology

Ethical Dilemmas in Genetics and Genetic Counseling: Principles through Case Scenarios

Author
Janice L. Berliner
Year
2015
ISBN
978019994489
Subject
Genetic Counseling
Bioethics

Genetic Counseling: Ethical Challenges and Consequences

Author
Bartels, Dianne M.
Year
2017
ISBN
9780203790953
Subject
Genetic Counseling
Bioethics

Legal Medicine: Health Care Law and Medical Ethics

Author
American College of Legal Medicine
Year
2024
ISBN
9780443121289
Subject
Bioethics

Medical Ethics: Accounts of Ground-Breaking Cases

Author
Pence, Gregory E.
Year
2021
ISBN
9781260241044
Subject
Bioethics

Nurses and COVID-19: Ethical Considerations in Pandemic Care

Author
Ulrich, Connie M.; Grady, Christine
Year
2022
ISBN
9783030821135
Subject
Nursing
Bioethics

Nursing and Healthcare Ethics, 6th ed.

Author
Robinson, Simon
Year
2022
ISBN
9780702079047
Subject
Bioethics
Nursing

Practical Ethics for the Surgeon

Author
Jacobs, Lloyd A.
Year
2019
ISBN
9781496388605
Subject
Bioethics
Surgery

Prescribing Our Future: Ethical Challenges in Genetic Counseling

Author
Bartels, Dianne M. et al.
Year
2017
ISBN
9781351328609
Subject
Genetic Counseling
Bioethics

Public Bioethics: Principles and Problems

Author
James F. Childress
Year
2020
ISBN
9780199798483
Subject
Bioethics

Journals

American Journal of Bioethics

ISSN
15265161
15360075
Subject
Bioethics
CiteScore™ (2024) calculated by Scopus: 15.9

Bioethics

ISSN
1467-8519
Subject
Bioethics
CiteScore™ (2024) calculated by Scopus: 4.5

BMC Medical Ethics

ISSN
14726939
Subject
Bioethics
CiteScore™ (2024) calculated by Scopus: 6.2

Health Care Analysis

ISSN
10653058
15733394
Subject
Social Sciences, Biomedical
Bioethics
CiteScore™ (2024) calculated by Scopus: 4.1

Journal of Medical Ethics

ISSN
03066800
14734257
Subject
Bioethics
CiteScore™ (2024) calculated by Scopus: 8.1

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

ISSN
03605310
17445019
Subject
Social Sciences, Biomedical
Bioethics
CiteScore™ (2024) calculated by Scopus: 3.5

Nursing Ethics

ISSN
09697330
14770989
Subject
Bioethics
Nursing
CiteScore™ (2024) calculated by Scopus: 7.7

Public Health Ethics

ISSN
17549973
17549981
Subject
Bioethics
Public Health
CiteScore™ (2024) calculated by Scopus: 3.3

Science and Engineering Ethics

ISSN
13533452
14715546
Subject
Bioethics
Multidisciplinary Sciences
CiteScore™ (2024) calculated by Scopus: 7.3
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