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BMC Medical Ethics
Journal Prestige (SJR): 1.016

Citation Impact (citeScore): 2
Number of Followers: 25

This is an Open Access Journal

Open Access journal
ISSN (Print) 1472-6939
Published by BMC (Biomed Central)

[312 journals]

Enhancing patient safety by integrating ethical dimensions to Critical
Incident Reporting Systems
- Authors: Kai Wehkamp; Eva Kuhn, Rainer Petzina, Alena Buyx Annette Rogge
  Abstract: Critical Incident Reporting Systems (CIRS) provide a well-proven method to identify clinical risks in hospitals. All professions can report critical incidents anonymously, low-threshold, and without sanctions....
  PubDate: 2021-03-08T00:00:00Z
Experts’ moral views on gene drive technologies: a qualitative
interview study
- Authors: N. de Graeff; Karin R. Jongsma Annelien L. Bredenoord
  Abstract: Gene drive technologies (GDTs) promote the rapid spread of a particular genetic element within a population of non-human organisms. Potential applications of GDTs include the control of insect vectors, invasiv...
  PubDate: 2021-03-08T00:00:00Z
Dialysis decisions concerning cognitively impaired adults: a scoping
literature review
- Authors: Jordan A. Parsons; Jonathan Ives
  Abstract: Chronic kidney disease is a significant cause of global deaths. Those who progress to end-stage kidney disease often commence dialysis as a life-extending treatment. For cognitively impaired patients, the deci...
  PubDate: 2021-03-05T00:00:00Z
Québec health care professionals’ perspectives on organ donation after
medical assistance in dying
- Authors: Julie Allard; Fabian Ballesteros Marie-Chantal Fortin
  Abstract: Medical assistance in dying (MAID) has been legal in Québec since December 2015 and in the rest of Canada since July 2016. Since then, more than 60 people have donated their organs after MAID. Such donations r...
  PubDate: 2021-03-04T00:00:00Z
Systematic review: bioethical implications for COVID-19 research in low
prevalence countries, a distinctly different set of problems
- Authors: Tony Skapetis; Constance Law Rohan Rodricks
  Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has presented extraordinary challenges to worldwide healthcare systems, however, prevalence remains low in some countries. While the challenges of conducting research in high-prevalence c...
  PubDate: 2021-03-03T00:00:00Z