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Developing World Bioethics is the only international journal exclusively dedicated to bioethical issues in developing countries, making it an indispensable resource for bioethicists. As a bioethics journal promoting global health equity, contributions from authors in both developed and developing countries are welcome. Covering global medical ethics issues, the journal is largely edited by respected bioethicists working in the global south.
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Articles
A survey of the allocation of scarce resources in Türkiye during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Which criteria did healthcare professionals prioritize?
-  20 March 2024
The difficult path to euthanasia in Ecuador: A call for actions for other nations
-  52-53
-  20 March 2024
The informed consent process: An evaluation of the challenges and adherence of Ghanaian researchers
-  13 March 2024
Biomedical research on autism in low‐ and middle‐income countries: Considerations from the South African context
-  26 February 2024
The following is a list of the most cited articles based on citations published in the last three years, according to CrossRef.
Lessons Never Learned: Crisis and gender‐based violence
-  65-68
-  8 April 2020
Identifying and evaluating layers of vulnerability – a way forward
-  86-95
-  30 July 2018
Latin American healthcare systems in times of pandemic
-  69-73
-  13 April 2020
The vicious circle of patient–physician mistrust in China: health professionals’ perspectives, institutional conflict of interest, and building trust through medical professionalism
-  26-36
-  18 September 2017
‘It is an entrustment’: Broad consent for genomic research and biobanks in sub-Saharan Africa
-  9-17
-  23 October 2017
Recent issues
- Volume 24, Issue 1
Access to Essential Medicines for Global Health and the Human Right to Health
1-48March 2024Michael Da Silva, Andreas Albertsen