Overview
- A forum for international exchange of research data, theories, reports and opinions on bioethics, and the philosophy of medicine and health care
- Covers history, ethics, anthropology, epistemology, logic, metaphysics and more, as related to health
- Official journal of the European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care
Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy: A European Journal is the official journal of the European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care. It provides a forum for international exchange of research data, theories, reports and opinions on bioethics, and the philosophy of medicine and health care in general. The journal promotes interdisciplinary studies, and stimulates international exchange. Particular attention is paid to developing contributions from all European countries, and to making accessible scientific work and reports on the practice of health care ethics, from all nations, cultures and language areas in Europe.
The journal covers history, ethics, anthropology, epistemology, logic, metaphysics, philosophy of science and technology, sociology and political science, law, and the philosophy of culture and religion, centered on a common object of reflection: health care, the human effort to deal with disease, illness, death as well as health, well-being and life.
- Editor-in-Chief
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- Bert Gordijn,
- Henk Ten Have
- Journal Impact Factor
- 2.3 (2023)
- 5-year Journal Impact Factor
- 2.3 (2023)
- Submission to first decision (median)
- 13 days
- Downloads
- 527,418 (2023)
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Journal updates
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COVID-19 and impact on peer review
As a result of the significant disruption that is being caused by the COVID-19 pandemic we are very aware that many researchers will have difficulty in meeting the timelines associated with our peer review process during normal times. Please do let us know if you need additional time. Our systems will continue to remind you of the original timelines but we intend to be highly flexible at this time.
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Special Virtual Issue
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Journal information
- Electronic ISSN
- 1572-8633
- Print ISSN
- 1386-7423
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- Baidu
- CLOCKSS
- CNKI
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- EMCare
- ERIH PLUS
- Google Scholar
- Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
- Medline
- Naver
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- PhilPapers
- Philosopher’s Index
- Portico
- ProQuest
- SCImago
- SCOPUS
- Social Science Citation Index
- TD Net Discovery Service
- UGC-CARE List (India)
- Wanfang
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