Tracy M Frech1*, Brian Breviu2, Jessica T Zhu3 and Lesley Saketkoo4 1University of Utah Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Salt Lake City Veterans Affair Medical Center, USA 2University of Utah Department of Internal Medicine and Salt Lake City Veterans Affair Medical Center, USA 3Undergraduate Boston College, Biology B.S., USA 4Louisiana State University Health Scien...

The Journal of Medical Ethics has always had a global outlook. International in its authorship, readership and editorship, the journal recognises the value of exploring how ethical issues in healthcare and scientific research manifest themselves in different geographical settings, of examining ethical issues that cross national boundaries and of ensuring that the analysis and promotion of ethic...

His method of working involves very close study of the texts in order to uncover the medical concepts of their authors. For example, when he analyses the vocabulary of disease, showing how diseases are described and named, his conclusions illuminate the question of the extent to which individual characteristics ofthe patient are thought to influence the symptoms and course of the disease. One c...