Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics
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The Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics (print: , online: ) is a quarterly peer-reviewed
academic journal
in the field of bioethics
that was established in 1992. The current editors are Thomasine Kushner (University of California, Berkeley
) and Steve Heilig (San Francisco Medical Center).
Peer review
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academic journal
Academic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
in the field of bioethics
Bioethics
Bioethics is the study of controversial ethics brought about by advances in biology and medicine. Bioethicists are concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the relationships among life sciences, biotechnology, medicine, politics, law, and philosophy....
that was established in 1992. The current editors are Thomasine Kushner (University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
) and Steve Heilig (San Francisco Medical Center).