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Clinical Ethics is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Ethics in medical practice, Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues.
| Publisher | SAGE |
|---|---|
| Reference style | Author–year (Harvard) Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Clinical Ethics, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
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| Publishes research in | Ethics in medical practice Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Patient Dignity and Privacy Ethics in Clinical Research |
| ISSN | 1477-7509 |
| Citation impact (2-yr) | 1.33 |
| h-index | 30 |
| i10-index | 149 |
| Total citations | 5,482 |
| Top institutions publishing here | King's College London |
| Journal website | us.sagepub.com |
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Dealing with situations where parents’ views about treatment for their child are strongly opposed to doctors’ views is one major area of ethical challenge in paediatric health care. The traditional approach focuses on the child’s best interests, but this is problematic for a number of reasons. The Harm Principle test is regarded by many ethicists…
The dominant, individualistic understanding of autonomy that features in clinical practice and research is underpinned by the idea that people are, in their ideal form, independent, self-interested and rational gain-maximising decision-makers. In recent decades, this paradigm has been challenged from various disciplinary and intellectual directions. Proponents of 'relational autonomy' in particular have argued that people's…
In this paper, we offer a new account of disability. According to our account, some state of a person's biology or psychology is a disability if that state makes it more likely that a person's life will get worse, in terms of his or her own wellbeing, in a given set of social and environmental…
Using a real-life case involving an accidental discovery of misattributed paternity as a springboard for discussion, I reflect on several practical and theoretical issues surrounding truth-telling in the doctor-patient relationship. I present the moral dilemma and identify arguments in favour of and against disclosure. I then examine the theoretical difficulties in balancing conflicting reasons and…
Sustaining hope in patients is an important element of health care, allowing improvement in patient welfare and quality of life. However in the palliative care context, with patients who are terminally ill, it might seem that in order to maintain hope the palliative care practitioner would sometimes have to deceive the patient about the full…
