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BMC Medical Ethics

Aims and scope

BMC Medical Ethics is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in relation to the ethical aspects of biomedical research and clinical practice, including professional choices and conduct, medical technologies, healthcare systems and health policies.

Editor

Clare Partridge, BioMed Central

Section Editors

• Yvonne Denier, University of Leuven
• Beatrice Godard, University of Montreal
• Anita Ho, University of British Columbia
• Richard Huxtable, University of Bristol
• Jonathan Ives, The University of Birmingham
• Stuart Nicholls, University of Ottawa
• Jeremy Snyder, Simon Fraser University

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Published on: 25 October 2016

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1. RESEARCH ARTICLE

   Seeking consent for research with indigenous communities: a systematic review

   Emily F. M. Fitzpatrick, Alexandra L. C. Martiniuk, Heather D’Antoine, June Oscar, Maureen Carter and Elizabeth J. Elliott

   Published on: 22 October 2016
2. RESEARCH ARTICLE

   National ethics guidance in Sub-Saharan Africa on the collection and use of human biological specimens: a systematic review

   Francis Barchi and Madison T. Little

   Published on: 22 October 2016
3. RESEARCH ARTICLE

   Communicating BRCA research results to patients enrolled in international clinical trials: lessons learnt from the AGO-OVAR 16 study

   David J. Pulford, Philipp Harter, Anne Floquet, Catherine Barrett, Dong Hoon Suh, Michael Friedlander, José Angel Arranz, Kosei Hasegawa, Hiroomi Tada, Peter Vuylsteke, Mansoor R. Mirza, Nicoletta Donadello, Giovanni Scambia, Toby Johnson, Charles Cox, John K. Chan…

   Published on: 21 October 2016
4. RESEARCH ARTICLE

   Research in disaster settings: a systematic qualitative review of ethical guidelines

   Signe Mezinska, Péter Kakuk, Goran Mijaljica, Marcin Waligóra and Dónal P. O’Mathúna

   Published on: 21 October 2016
5. RESEARCH ARTICLE

   The development and validation of the advance care planning questionnaire in Malaysia

   Pauline Siew Mei Lai, Salinah Mohd Mudri, Karuthan Chinna and Sajaratulnisah Othman

   Published on: 18 October 2016

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