The AMA Journal of Ethic
Last updated ISSN 1937-7010
The AMA Journal of Ethic is published by American Medical Association in health professions. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The AMA Journal of Ethic concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Ethics in medical practice
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Global Health Workforce Issues
Key facts
| Publisher | American Medical Association |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1937-7010, 2376-6980 |
| Subject area | Health Professions |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 4,352 |
| Publishing since | 1999 |
| Journal website | www.virtualmentor.ama-assn.org |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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