Bioethics Update
Last updated ISSN 2395-938X
Bioethics Update is published by Elsevier BV in health professions. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Bioethics Update concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Ethics in medical practice
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcare
- Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations
- Patient Dignity and Privacy
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
- Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 2395-938X, 2448-7511 |
| Subject area | Health Professions |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | DOAJ |
| Articles published | 142 |
| Publishing since | 2015 |
| Journal website | www.journals.elsevier.com/bioethics-update |
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