Starting with this issue, the Journal of Medical Ethics has a new editorial team. We inherit
one of the best—we believe the best—journal concerned with medical ethics and bioethics …

This special issue of the journal is a birthday issue. A fortieth birthday is usually the time for
more than pure celebration: a rueful glance in the mirror at the beginning to check on grey …

There are many challenges to be met when writing an introductory treatise on an academic
topic. The subject matter must be presented in a simple but not oversimplified manner …

Medical Ethics. 3 In 2013, 50 years since the inauguration of its first series of lectures and
symposia, the LMG as an organisation no longer exists, but its aspirations and …

(JME) in 1975, with Alastair Campbell as its first editor-in-chief. In 1980 Raanan Gillon
began his 20-year editorship (after which 5-year appointments extendable for up to 2 further …

Medical Ethics (JME) described an ambition to be a 'forum for the reasoned discussion of
moral issues arising from the provision of medical care'. 1 While that statement of intent …

The subject of medical ethics is always current and offers an inviting theme, particularly for
anyone who has spent his life in medical practice. But the subject of ethics is impossible to …

Let me begin by saying as a long-term advocate of more conscientious, deliberate, and
compelling education in the ethical aspects of medical practice, this book is a most welcome …

Stumbled, Fumbled, Bumbled, Grumbled, and Humbled: Looking Back at the Future History of
Clinical Ethics Page 1 96 The Journal of Clinical Ethics Summer 2014 Articles from The …

Doing 'good medical ethics' requires acknowledgment that it is often practised in non-ideal
circumstances! In this article I present the distinction between ideal theory (IT) and non-ideal …