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BMC Medical Ethics is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in the ethics of medical research and practice.
BMC Medical Ethics (ISSN 1472-6939) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE and Google Scholar.
Featured articles
BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :18
No single approach to obtaining consent for access to personal information in health research satisfied a majority of people who participated in a public dialogue, highlighting the need for better consent options and public education.
BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :12
Not all parents of children enrolled in a vaccination program in Northern Ghana fully understood the informed consent process; taking more time to explain the process or using the local language could improve parental understanding.
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Research article
Alternatives to project-specific consent for access to personal information for health research: Insights from a public dialogue Donald J Willison, Marilyn Swinton, Lisa Schwartz, Julia Abelson, Cathy Charles, David Northrup, Ji Cheng, Lehana Thabane BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :18 (19 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Who's minding the shop? The role of Canadian research ethics boards in the creation and uses of registries and biobanks Elaine Gibson, Kevin Brazil, Michael D. Coughlin, Claudia Emerson, Francois Fournier, Lisa Schwartz, Karen V. Szala-Meneok, Karen M. Weisbaum, Donald J. Willison BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :17 (14 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Debate
Evidence-based ethics Daniel Strech BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :16 (20 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Evaluation of the quality of informed consent in a vaccine field trial in a developing country setting Deon Minnies, Tony Hawkridge, Willem Hanekom, Rodney Ehrlich, Leslie London, Greg Hussey BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :15 (30 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Patients' perception and actual practice of informed consent, privacy and confidentiality in general medical outpatient departments of two tertiary care hospitals of Lahore Ayesha Humayun, Noor Fatima, Shahid Naqqash, Salwa Hussain, Almas Rasheed, Huma Imtiaz, Sardar Zakariya Imam BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :14 (25 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A survey of community members' perceptions of medical errors in Oman Ahmed S Al-Mandhari, Mohammed A Al-Shafaee, Mohammed H Al-Azri, Ibrahim S Al-Zakwani, Mushtaq Khan, Ahmed M Al-Waily, Syed Rizvi BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :13 (29 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Understanding and retention of the informed consent process among parents in rural northern Ghana Abraham R Oduro, Raymond A Aborigo, Dickson Amugsi, Francis Anto, Thomas Anyorigiya, Frank Atuguba, Abraham Hodgson, Kwadwo A Koram BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :12 (19 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Correspondence
Cesarean delivery on maternal request: Can the ethical problem be solved by the principlist approach? Tore Nilstun, Marwan Habiba, G BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :11 (17 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Informed consent in Sri Lanka: A survey among ethics committee members Athula Sumathipala, Sisira Siribaddana, Suwin Hewage, Manura Lekamwattage, Manjula Athukorale, Chesmal Siriwardhana, Joanna Murray, Martin Prince BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :10 (20 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Clinical research without consent in adults in the emergency setting: a review of patient and public views Jan Lecouturier, Helen Rodgers, Gary A Ford, Tim Rapley, Lynne Stobbart, Stephen J Louw, Madeleine J Murtagh BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :9 (29 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Debate
Clinical governance and research ethics as barriers to UK low-risk population-based health research? Edwin R. van Teijlingen, Flora Douglas, Nicola Torrance BMC Public Health 2008, 8 :396 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Correspondence
Herbal remedy clinical trials in the media: a comparison with the coverage of conventional pharmaceuticals Tania Bubela, Heather Boon, Timothy Caulfield BMC Medicine 2008, 6 :35 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The impact of donor policies in Europe: a steady increase, but not everywhere Remco Coppen, Roland D Friele, Sjef K M Gevers, Geke A Blok, Jouke Van der Zee BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8 :235 (13 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Commentary
Building Irish families through surrogacy: medical and judicial issues for the advanced reproductive technologies Eric Scott Sills, Clifford M Healy Reproductive Health 2008, 5 :9 (4 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Commentary
Fighting addiction's death row: British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Ian Pitfield shows a measure of legal courage
Dan Small Harm Reduction Journal 2008, 5 :31 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Analytic perspective
Questions on causality and responsibility arising from an outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in Norway Bj Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2008, 5 :22 (23 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Questions on causality and responsibility arising from an outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in Norway Bj Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2008, 5 :22 (23 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Review
HIV prevention: What have we learned from community experiences in concentrated epidemics? Bruno Spire, Isabelle de Zoysa, Hakima Himmich Journal of the International AIDS Society 2008, 11 :5 (1 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research
Human embryonic stem cell research, justice, and the problem of unequal biological access Mark S Moller Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 2008, 3 :22 (29 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Correspondence
Leaders, leadership and future primary care clinical research John Furler, Jennifer Cleland, Chris Del Mar, Barbara Hanratty, Umesh Kadam, Daniel Lasserson, Colin McCowan, Parker Magin, Caroline Mitchell, Nadeem Qureshi, Greta Rait, Nick Steel, Mieke van Driel, Alison Ward BMC Family Practice 2008, 9 :52 (29 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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