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Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine is a peer-reviewed journal published by BMC (BioMed Central), covering Mental Health and Psychiatry, Ethics in medical practice, Empathy and Medical Education. Over its lifetime it has published 379 papers, which have received 8,795 citations.

PublisherBMC (BioMed Central)
Reference styleNumbered (Vancouver)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine. 2023;12(3):45–58.

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Publishes research inMental Health and Psychiatry Ethics in medical practice Empathy and Medical Education Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations
ISSN1747-5341
Citation impact (2-yr)1.82
h-index49
i10-index189
Article processing charge$1,582
Open accessYes — indexed in DOAJ
Top institutions publishing hereGeorgetown University
Journal websitepeh-med.biomedcentral.com
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Papers published in Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine per year

20
2014
13
2015
9
2016
11
2017
16
2018
15
2019
14
2020
14
2021
16
2022
22
2023
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Citation impact of Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine by publication year

462
2014
367
2015
158
2016
254
2017
338
2018
405
2019
222
2020
258
2021
266
2022
161
2023
68
2024
57
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Most-cited papers in Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine

Are animal models predictive for humans?

Niall Shanks, Ray Greek, Jean Greek · 15 Jan 2009

It is one of the central aims of the philosophy of science to elucidate the meanings of scientific terms and also to think critically about their application. The focus of this essay is the scientific term predict and whether there is credible evidence that animal models, especially in toxicology and pathophysiology, can be used to…

Body Awareness: a phenomenological inquiry into the common ground of mind-body therapies

Wolf Mehling, Judith Wrubel, Jennifer Daubenmier et al. · 1 Jan 2011

Enhancing body awareness has been described as a key element or a mechanism of action for therapeutic approaches often categorized as mind-body approaches, such as yoga, TaiChi, Body-Oriented Psychotherapy, Body Awareness Therapy, mindfulness based therapies/meditation, Feldenkrais, Alexander Method, Breath Therapy and others with reported benefits for a variety of health conditions. To better understand the…

Effectiveness of antidepressants: an evidence myth constructed from a thousand randomized trials?

John P. A. Ioannidis · 1 Jan 2008

Antidepressants, in particular newer agents, are among the most widely prescribed medications worldwide with annual sales of billions of dollars. The introduction of these agents in the market has passed through seemingly strict regulatory control. Over a thousand randomized trials have been conducted with antidepressants. Statistically significant benefits have been repeatedly demonstrated and the medical…

Walking a mile in their patients' shoes: empathy and othering in medical students' education

Johanna Shapiro · 1 Jan 2008

One of the major tasks of medical educators is to help maintain and increase trainee empathy for patients. Yet research suggests that during the course of medical training, empathy in medical students and residents decreases. Various exercises and more comprehensive paradigms have been introduced to promote empathy and other humanistic values, but with inadequate success.…

Conceptualizing suffering and pain

Noelia Bueno Gómez · 19 Sep 2017

BACKGROUND: This article aims to contribute to a better conceptualization of pain and suffering by providing non-essential and non-naturalistic definitions of both phenomena. Contributions of classical evidence-based medicine, the humanistic turn in medicine, as well as the phenomenology and narrative theories of suffering and pain, together with certain conceptions of the person beyond them (the…

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