Medicínska etika & Bioetika – Medical Ethics & Bioethics

International, bilingual, scientific – professional journal for medical ethics and bioethics. It is devoted to the broadest medical and health care professional public in the Slovak Republic and abroad. Journal pays special attention to the informational and educational needs of ethics committees’ members. It aims to foster international exchange of information and dialogue in the field of medical ethics and bioethics.

The journal publishes information on actual activities and events in the field of medical ethics and bioethics, original papers, review articles, important materials and documents, continuous course for ethics committees’ members, letters to the editor and book reviews. Original research and review papers published in the journal are peer-reviewed and they must abide to the usual international standards.

The journal was founded in 1994 by the Institute of Medical Ethics and Bioethics Foundation. During the early years of its existence, editing of the journal was related to the scientific and professional activities of the Institute of Medical Ethics and Bioethics, the joint centre of the Institute for Postgraduate Education of Health Care Professionals (IPEHCP) and the Faculty of Medicine of the Comenius University (FM CU) in Bratislava.

Editor: J. Glasa

Executive Editor: K. Glasová

Editorial Board: J. Ďačok, R. Frydrich, M. Glasová, K. Glasová, T. Krčméryová, J. Labus†, J. Matulník, J. Palaščák, R. Pullmann, A. Rakús, M. Troščák

National Advisory Board: A. Bajan, I. Ďuriš, A. Kapellerová, E. Kolibáš, Š. Krajčík, V. Krčméry ml., M. Kriška, P. Kukumberg, J. Longauer, M. Makai, E. Mathéová, P. Mráz, M. Pavlovič, J. Porubský

International Advisory Board: Ch. Byk (Paris), A. Carlberg (Stockholm), D. Callahan (Garrison, NY), H. Glasová (London), T. Hope (Oxford), L. Gormally (London), H. Klaus (Washington, DC), S. Leone (Palermo), T. Lajkep (Brno - Brussels), M. Munzarová (Brno), R. H. Nicholson (London), J. Payne (Prague), D. Sacchini (Rome), A. Slabý (Prague), A. Spagnolo (Rome), J. Šimek (Prague), K. Šipr (Brno), H.Watt (London)

Mailing Address: Institute of Medical Ethics and Bioethics n. f., Vysoká 32, 81106 Bratislava 1

Web: www.bioetika.sk, www.bioethics.sk

E-mail: jozef.glasa@szu.sk

Journal is Excerpted into the Following Databases: Bibliographia medica slovaca, Medline(partially).

ISSN 1335-0560