The ''AMA Journal of Ethics'' is a monthly
open-access
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(no subscription or
publication fees) publication that includes
peer-review
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ed content, expert commentary, podcasts, medical education articles, policy discussions, and cases covering areas of
medical ethics
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.
It was established in 1999 as ''Virtual Mentor'', obtaining its current name in 2015. It is published by the
American Medical Association
The American Medical Association (AMA) is a professional association and lobbying group of physicians and medical students. Founded in 1847, it is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Membership was approximately 240,000 in 2016.
The AMA's state ...
and the
editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
is Audiey C. Kao. Themes are student and resident-driven, and issue editors are selected annually to work with editorial staff and expert contributors.
Abstracting and Indexing
The journal is indexed in
MEDLINE
MEDLINE (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, or MEDLARS Online) is a bibliographic database of life sciences and biomedical information. It includes bibliographic information for articles from academic journals covering medic ...
.
References
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Bioethics journals
American Medical Association academic journals
Monthly journals
Online-only journals
Academic journals established in 1999
English-language journals
1999 establishments in the United States
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