''Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics: Philosophy of Medical Research and Practice'' is a bimonthly

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covering

bioethics Bioethics is both a field of study and professional practice, interested in ethical issues related to health (primarily focused on the human, but also increasingly includes animal ethics), including those emerging from advances in biology, me ...

and the

philosophy of medicine The philosophy of medicine is a branch of philosophy that explores issues in theory, research, and practice within the field of health sciences, more specifically in topics of epistemology, metaphysics, and medical ethics, which overlaps with bioe ...

with a more theoretical outlook than other journals in this area. It was established in 1980 as ''Metamedicine'' and was renamed ''Theoretical Medicine'' in 1983, obtaining its current name in 1998. It is published by

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and offered at a reduced rate to members of the

American Society for Bioethics and Humanities The American Society for Bioethics and Humanities is an American learned society dedicated to promoting research and the exchange of ideas in bioethics and related disciplines in the humanities. It was founded in January 1998 from the merger betwe ...

. The

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are Lynn Jansen (

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and

Daniel Sulmasy Daniel Sulmasy is an American medical ethicist and former Franciscan friar. He has been Acting Director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics and on the faculty of the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioetics. He is the inaugural Andre Hellegers Pro ...

(

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private Jesuit research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic higher education, Ca ...

). According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2018

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of 0.789.

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