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Call For Papers - Complex ethical issues and consent to research in low and medium income countries

We are delighted to announce the launch of a thematic series aiming to explore complex ethical issues arising when seeking consent in low and middle income settings.

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Content type: Research article
| 16 April 2018

Women’s perspectives on the ethical implications of non-invasive prenatal testing: a qualitative analysis to inform health policy decisions

Authors: Meredith Vanstone, Alexandra Cernat, Jeff Nisker and Lisa Schwartz
Content type: Research article
| 10 April 2018

Forensic psychiatry, one subspecialty with two ethics? A systematic review

Authors: Gérard Niveau and Ida Welle
Content type: Research article
| 10 April 2018

Skepticism towards the Swedish vision zero for suicide: interviews with 12 psychiatrists

Authors: Petter Karlsson, Gert Helgesson, David Titelman, Manne Sjöstrand and Niklas Juth
Content type: Research article
| 15 March 2018

Ethical principles and placebo-controlled trials – interpretation and implementation of the Declaration of Helsinki’s placebo paragraph in medical research

Authors: Antonia-Sophie Skierka and Karin B. Michels
Content type: Debate
| 9 March 2018

Compassionate use programs in Italy: ethical guidelines

Authors: Ludovica De Panfilis, Roberto Satolli and Massimo Costantini

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Content type: Debate
| 26 June 2005

Top 10 health care ethics challenges facing the public: views of Toronto bioethicists

Authors: Jonathan M Breslin, Susan K MacRae, Jennifer Bell and Peter A Singer
Content type: Research article
| 20 May 2012

The four principles: Can they be measured and do they predict ethical decision making?

Authors: Katie Page
Content type: Research article
| 14 May 2010

Comparison of group counseling with individual counseling in the comprehension of informed consent: a randomized controlled trial

Authors: Rajiv Sarkar, Thuppal V Sowmyanarayanan, Prasanna Samuel, Azara S Singh, Anuradha Bose, Jayaprakash Muliyil and Gagandeep Kang
Content type: Debate
| 29 March 2007

Current anti-doping policy: a critical appraisal

Authors: Bengt Kayser, Alexandre Mauron and Andy Miah
Content type: Debate
| 7 October 2014

Teaching seven principles for public health ethics: towards a curriculum for a short course on ethics in public health programmes

Authors: Peter Schröder-Bäck, Peter Duncan, William Sherlaw, Caroline Brall and Katarzyna Czabanowska

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Aims and scope

BMC Medical Ethics is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in relation to the ethical aspects of biomedical research and clinical practice, including professional choices and conduct, medical technologies, healthcare systems and health policies.

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Liam Messin, BioMed Central

Section Editors

Yvonne Denier, University of Leuven
Beatrice Godard, University of Montreal
Anita Ho, University of British Columbia
Richard Huxtable, University of Bristol
Jonathan Ives, The University of Birmingham
Stuart Nicholls, University of Ottawa
Jeremy Snyder, Simon Fraser University

Anita Ho, Section Editor

Anita Ho is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Applied Ethics at University of British Columbia and an Affiliate Faculty at the University of California, San Francisco. She has been Section Editor for the 'Ethics in biomedical research' section of BMC Medical Ethics since August 2015.

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Call For Papers - Complex ethical issues and consent to research in low and medium income countries

Articles

Women’s perspectives on the ethical implications of non-invasive prenatal testing: a qualitative analysis to inform health policy decisions

Forensic psychiatry, one subspecialty with two ethics? A systematic review

Skepticism towards the Swedish vision zero for suicide: interviews with 12 psychiatrists

Ethical principles and placebo-controlled trials – interpretation and implementation of the Declaration of Helsinki’s placebo paragraph in medical research

Compassionate use programs in Italy: ethical guidelines

Top 10 health care ethics challenges facing the public: views of Toronto bioethicists

The four principles: Can they be measured and do they predict ethical decision making?

Comparison of group counseling with individual counseling in the comprehension of informed consent: a randomized controlled trial

Current anti-doping policy: a critical appraisal

Teaching seven principles for public health ethics: towards a curriculum for a short course on ethics in public health programmes

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Anita Ho, Section Editor

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New thematic series: Veterinary antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial use

Speedy species divergence and the curious case of the blind cavefish

Smokers have worse diets than non-smokers

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