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About Medical Humanities

Aims and scope

Medical Humanities is a leading international journal that reflects the whole field of medical humanities. Medical Humanities aims to encourage a high academic standard for this evolving and developing subject and to enhance professional and public discussion. It features original articles relevant to the delivery of healthcare, the formulation of public health policy, the experience of being ill and of caring for those who are ill, as well as case conferences, educational case studies, book, film, and art reviews, editorials, correspondence, news and notes. To ensure international relevance Medical Humanities has Editorial Board members from all around the world.

Subscribers to Medical Humanities also receive the Journal of Medical Ethics at no extra cost.

Ownership

Medical Humanities is co-owned by the Institute of Medical Ethics (IME) and BMJ Group.

Journal statistics

Acceptance rate	13% for original research submitted in 2012
Time from acceptance to publication	26 days (online)
Frequency	Bi-annually
Indexed by	Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Current Contents (Arts and Humanities)
Launch date	2000
ISSN of MH	1468-215X
ISSN of MH Online	1473-4265

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Affiliations

Medical Humanities is an official journal of the Institute of Medical Ethics (IME)
Medical Humanities is provided as a membership benefit to members of the Association of Medical Humanities

The BMJ Publishing Group is a founding member of COPE (the Committee on Publication Ethics), which provides a forum for publishers and Editors of scientific journals to discuss issues relating to the integrity of the work submitted to or published in their journals.

The EQUATOR Network is an international initiative that seeks to improve the value of medical research literature by promoting accurate, transparent reporting of research studies. The BMJ Group is a sponsor of its activities.