April 1, 2013
A new issue of Nurses Philosophy (Vol 14, No 2, April 2013) is now available online and in print. Articles of interest include: Doctor? Who? Nurses, patient’s best interests and treatment withdrawal: when no doctor is available, should nurses withdraw … Read More
March 7, 2013
A new issue of JAMA (March 7, 2013) is now available online and in print. Â In this issue one article stands out:Â Global Health: Governance Challenges in Global Health by J Frenk and S Moon
March 5, 2013
A new issue of Journal of Medical Ethics (Vol 39, No 3, 1 March 2013) is now available online and in print. There are two major discussions in this issue: Elective Ventilation and Electroconvulsive Therapy. Â The discussion on Elective Ventilation … Read More
March 5, 2013
A new issue of Health Policy and Planning (Vol 28, No 2, March 2013) is now available online and in print. Articles include: Community-level impact of the reproductive health vouchers programme on service utilization in Kenya by Francis Obare, Charlotte … Read More
March 1, 2013
A new issue of Journal of Public Health (Vol 35, No 1, March 2013) is now available online and in print. An editorial “What should public health be doing for disabled people, and why aren’t we?” by Anita Houghton is … Read More
March 1, 2013
A new issue of Human Reproduction (Vol. 28, No. 3, March 2013) is now available online and in print. Articles of interest include: Preventing the transmission of pathogenic mitochondrial DNA mutations: can we achieve long-term benefits from germ-line gene transfer? … Read More
March 1, 2013
A new edition of Bioethics (Vol. 27, Issue 3, March 2013) is now available online and in print. Articles of interest include: Being a Good Academic Citizen by Udo Schuklenk Getting Moral Enhancement Right: The Desirability of Moral Bioenhancement by … Read More
February 28, 2013
A new issue of Health & Social Work (Vol. 38 No. 1, February 2013) is now available online and in print. Articles of interest include: Unequal Burden of Disease, Unequal Participation in Clinical Trials: Solutions from African American and Latino … Read More
February 27, 2013
A new issue of JAMA (Vol 309, No 8, February 27, 2013) is now available online and in print. Articles of interest include: Why the Ethics of Parsimonious Medicine Is Not the Ethics of Rationing by Con C. Tilburt, and … Read More
February 27, 2013
A new issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (February 28, 2013) is now available online and in print. There is an extended debate on Open Access, Patient Privacy, and the future of medical publishing including: Protecting Patient Privacy … Read More
February 13, 2013
A new issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association (Vol 309 No 6, February 13) is available digitally and in print. Articles of interest include: “Silencing the Science on Gun Research” by Arthur L. Kellermann, MD, MPH, Frederick … Read More
February 13, 2013
A new issue of Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy (Vol 16 No 1, February 2013) is available online and in print. Articles of interest include: “Quandries of Ethics Education” by Bert Gordijn & Henk ten Have. “How not to Think: Medical Ethics as Negative … Read More
February 13, 2013
A new issue of The New England Journal of Medicine (Vol 368 No 6, February 7) available in print and digitally. Â Of particular interest is the Perspective article “Becoming a Physician: Service: An Essential Component of Graduate Medical Education.” by … Read More
February 7, 2013
A new edition of <i>The Journal of the American Medical Association</i> (Vol 309 No 5, February 6) is available online and in print. Articles of interest include: “FDA Regulation of Off-label Drug Promotion Under Attack” by Aaron S. Kesselheim, MD, JD, … Read More
November 1, 2012
Bioethics (Vol. 26 Issue 9) is now available online and in print.  Articles include questions about religion, enhancment.  A large portion of the issue is dedicated to a debate over homeopathy. Human Enhancement And Sexual Dimorphism By Rob Sparrow ‘They … Read More
November 1, 2012
Journal of Medical Ethics (Vol. 38 Issue 11, November 1, 2012) is now available in print and online. Articles include: Evaluating a patient’s request for life-prolonging treatment: an ethical framework by Eva C Winkler, Wolfgang Hiddemann, Georg Marckmann (full text … Read More
October 25, 2012
The New England Journal of Medicine (Vol. 367 Number 17 October 25, 2012) is now available in print and online. Of special interest is the article Talking with Patients about Dying by T.J. Smith and D.L. Longo “Self-deception is a valuable … Read More
October 24, 2012
Journal of the American Medical Association (Vol. 308 Number 16 October 24, 2012) is now available online and in print. Â Articles of note include: Choosing Wisely: Â Low-Value Services, Utilization, and Patient Cost Sharing by Kevin G. Volpp, MD, PhD; George … Read More
October 15, 2012
Health Economics, Policy and Law (Vol. 7 Issue 4 October 2012) is now available in print. This issue is focused on two broad topics, a comparison of health-care systems in the US and UK and end-of-life issues. Â Articles include: Comparing … Read More
September 28, 2012
This paper examines the relationship between attitudes of filial responsibility and five different types of care-giving behaviours to parents among three cultural groups. It does so within an assessment of the relative importance of cultural versus structural factors for care-giving … Read More
September 20, 2012
Health Policy and Planning (Vol. 27, No. 6Â September 2012) is now available online. Articles include: “Perceived quality of and access to care among poor urban women in Kenya and their utilization of delivery care: harnessing the potential of private clinics?” … Read More
September 20, 2012
Nursing Philosophy (Volume 13, Issue 4 Pages 233 – 306, October 2012) is now available online and by subscription only. Articles include: The excesses of care: a matter of understanding the asymmetry of power (pages 236–243) by Charlotte Delmar Furthering the … Read More
September 1, 2012
A new issue of The Journal of Medical Ethics (1 September 2012; Vol. 38, No. 9) is now available in print and online. This issue is given primarily to genetic testing. Â Articles include: Predictive genetic testing in minors for late-onset … Read More
August 30, 2012
A new issue of the New England Journal of Medicine is now available in print and online. Articles include: Infections of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices by L.M. Baddour, Y.-M. Cha, and W.R. Wilson  842-849. Transparency for Clinical Trials — The TEST Act by J.M. … Read More
August 28, 2012
A New issue of Journal of Public Health (August 2012, Volume 34 Number 3) is now available in print and online. Articles include: “Compression of morbidity outcomes key to investment in public health” by Jane Powell “Mandatory evacuation of residents … Read More
