Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine

Articles

Entropy as the main justification for research in medical ethics

Authors: Alban Zarzavadjian Le Bian, Louis Pantel, Christophe Tresallet and Marie-France Mamzer

Content type: Commentary 4 May 2022
Asclepion of Epidaurus: the application of a historical perspective in medical education

Authors: Charalabos Papageorgiou, Gerasimos Konstantinou, Vassilis Lambrinoudakis, Christos Papageorgiou and Konstantina G. Yiannopoulou

Content type: Research 20 April 2022
Media portrayal of ethical and social issues in brain organoid research

Authors: Abigail Presley, Leigh Ann Samsa and Veljko Dubljević

Content type: Research 13 April 2022
Alzheimer’s disease: history, ethics and medical humanities in the context of assisted suicide

Authors: Birgit Braun, Joachim Demling and Thomas Horst Loew

Content type: Review 30 March 2022
Operation of a triage committee for advanced life support during the COVID-19 pandemic

Authors: Benjamín Herreros, Rafael Ruiz de Luna, Natalia de la Calle, Diego Gayoso, Paula Martínez, Karmele Olaciregui Dague and Gregorio Palacios

Content type: Research 16 March 2022

Are animal models predictive for humans?

Authors: Niall Shanks, Ray Greek and Jean Greek

Content type: Review 15 January 2009
Healthcare access as a right, not a privilege: a construct of Western thought

Authors: Thomas J Papadimos

Content type: Commentary 28 March 2007
Genetic modification and genetic determinism

Authors: David B Resnik and Daniel B Vorhaus

Content type: Commentary 26 June 2006
Conceptualizing suffering and pain

Authors: Noelia Bueno-Gómez

Content type: Research 29 September 2017
Ambient Assistive Technologies (AAT): socio-technology as a powerful tool for facing the inevitable sociodemographic challenges?

Authors: Astrid M Schülke, Herbert Plischke and Niko B Kohls

Content type: Commentary 7 June 2010

Article collection
Philosophy of Psychiatry
Edited by: Derek Bolton
Extended deadline: 31^st December 2021

Article collection
Perspectives on the Philosophy of Medicine
Edited by: Thomas Bohrer MD, Roberto Dell’Oro PhD, James Giordano PhD
Collection published: 4 July 2018

Cross journal collection
The many meanings of ‘Quality’ in healthcare: Interdisciplinary perspectives
Edited by: Dr Deborah Swinglehurst
Collection published: 23 April 2015

Cross journal collection
Medical ethics in informed consent
Edited by: Prof James Giordano, Dr Fernando Marques
Collection published: 7 January 2014

Cross journal collection
Brain science, philosophy and ethics in medicine
Edited by: Prof. James Giordano, Dr. John Shook
Collection published: 3 January 2014
Published: 3 January 2014; Ongoing call for papers

Cross journal collection
Medical tourism – concepts, ethics, and practices
Edited by: Prof Silke Schicktanz, Dr Tulsi Patel
Collection published: 20 August 2013

Cross journal collection
Towards a new psychiatry: Philosophical and ethical issues in classification, diagnosis and care
Edited by: Prof James Giordano
Collection published: 13 January 2012

Thematic series
Ethical Considerations: Organ transplantation and the definition of death in medical practice
Edited by: Dr Thomas S. Huddle
Collection published: 22 May 2007

A four-part working bibliography of neuroethics

New Content Item

Given the growth, range, and rapid maturation of the field of neuroethics we provide an iterative, four-part document that affords a repository of international papers, books, and chapters that address the field in overview, and present discussion(s) of more particular aspects and topics of neuroethics.

Part 1: Overview and reviews – Defining and describing the field and its practices
Part 2: Neuroscientific studies of morality and ethics
Part 3: “Second tradition neuroethics” – Ethical issues in neuroscience
Part 4 - Ethical issues in clinical and social applications of neuroscience

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Calls for papers

PEHM welcomes innovative research at the intersection of medical ethics and bioethics, philosophy of medicine, and medical humanities from a variety of perspectives and contexts, and is currently calling for papers for the following thematic series.

What Have We Learned? Covid-19’s Lessons as Preparation for our Future

The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed the need for more than biotechnology to address patient, family and community concerns regarding healthcare delivery and fostering public health. While philosophy and ethics have begun to address these concerns, greater emphasis needs to be given to the other humanities disciplines to provide a more inclusive and richer understanding of the varying concepts of health and human flourishing of both individuals and societies around the world. The adequacy of this understanding will greatly impact our ability as a global community to effectively address the pandemics of today and tomorrow.

Aims and scope

The Journal of Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine is positioned at the intersection of the humanities, social sciences, and medicine. We welcome submissions from scholars and practitioners that build interdisciplinary bridges and re-envision contributions across these disciplines.

We seek to engage a more comprehensive understanding of health and wellness that purposefully aligns the wants and needs of patients and practitioners, and attends to the individual human condition and public health in ways that modern medicine has at times neglected. We invite approaches that:

recognize the dual nature of medicine as both an art and a science;
empower patients and caregivers;
reduce health-worker burnout;
engage fully with humanities and social science perspectives—and their values—to inform medical education and practice;
re-envision the integration of humanities and emerging technology in these settings.