The ''AMA Journal of Ethics'' is a monthly

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(no subscription or publication fees) publication that includes

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ed content, expert commentary, podcasts, medical education articles, policy discussions, and cases covering areas of

medical ethics Medical ethics is an applied branch of ethics which analyzes the practice of clinical medicine and related scientific research. Medical ethics is based on a set of values that professionals can refer to in the case of any confusion or conflict. T ...

. It was established in 1999 as ''Virtual Mentor'', obtaining its current name in 2015. It is published by the

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and the

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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

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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 {{Ethics-journal-stub