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  • 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
  • Bert Gordijn,
  • Henk Ten Have
Impact factor
2.1 (2022)
5 year impact factor
2.0 (2022)
Submission to first decision (median)
13 days
Downloads
527,418 (2023)

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Journal information

Electronic ISSN
1572-8633
Print ISSN
1386-7423
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  10. Dimensions
  11. EBSCO
  12. EMCare
  13. ERIH PLUS
  14. Google Scholar
  15. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  16. Medline
  17. Naver
  18. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  19. PhilPapers
  20. Portico
  21. ProQuest
  22. SCImago
  23. SCOPUS
  24. Social Science Citation Index
  25. TD Net Discovery Service
  26. The Philosopher’s Index
  27. UGC-CARE List (India)
  28. Wanfang
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