A Journal of Healthcare Ethics & Humanities. Published since 1993 by Forum for Medical Ethics
Society. Peer-reviewed. Indexed in Medline, PubMed, The Philosopher’s Index, Scopus.
I congratulate you on publishing a readable journal which will raise the concerns of practicing doctors about inescapable ethical mention of their activities.
When I read about the removal of uterus from mentally handicapped women both in your newsletter (February-April 1994) and in the British Medical Journal (26 February 1994). I was hoping to find an outright condemnation of this practice by the Form for Medical Ethics. I was surprised and disappoin...
I had promised to send you a response to the Suggested guidelines for hysterectomy... (Medical Ethics May-July,When I actually started formulating it, I found that the statement we have prepared on behalf of the group named Paryay appropriately conveys my message...
Legislation has been proposed in New York for compulsory testing of the newborn for HIV infection. The parents would be informed if the baby showed a positive test. It sounds simple and logical.
By pure chance we started publication of Medical Ethics in August 1993. Initially intended to serve as a newsletter, we have now set our sights on graduating into a full-fledged journal.
Congratulations (on the production of Medical Ethics). I know how much courage and decency it takes to fight for some degree of moral order in health care. It would certainly be much easier and advantageous to close the eyes and not be 'trouble-makers'.
I would very much appreciate a copy of 'When medicine went mad... '. Bioethics and the holocaust.Could you kindly arrange to send it to me by Value Paid Post?