The Internet Journal of Law, Healthcare and Ethics
ISSN: 1528-8250
Aim of the Journal
The Internet Journal of Law, Healthcare and Ethics is a multidisciplinary journal addressing current issues at the intersection of law, healthcare and ethics. IJLHE seeks high quality submissions that are timely and cutting edge that will generate discussion and promote further inquiry. Authors can expect a rapid turnaround of decisions on submissions. Because IJLHE is an open access journal, all articles will be available on the internet to reach a broad audience.
Scope of the Journal
The Journal covers a variety of bioethical topics in the following areas: health law & policy, neuroethics and nanoethics, emerging technologies, philosophy and ethics in healthcare, philosophy & health care ethics, public health & policy. IJLHE encourages authors to submit conceptual and empirical papers ranging from substantive articles on the state of the art to commentaries or policy arguments to scientific research, empirical research studies or book reviews. IJLHE seeks to promote a constructive dialogue between scholars in law, philosophy, ethics, medicine, social sciences, and science.
This is a peer reviewed journal. All articles are reviewed by experienced reviewers who make every effort to provide constructive feedback to help authors improve their work. All published articles are archived by Internet Scientific Publications LLC and recognized by The Library of Congress Catalog of Publications.
Co-Editors-in-Chief
Assistant Professor of Clinical Sciences & Psychiatry
Division of Ethics and Health Policy; Department of Clinical Sciences Division of Ethics; Department of Psychiatry UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas Texas USA
Assistant Professor;Saint Louis University
Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics
Associate Editors
Adjunct Instructor (Health Law and Ethics)
James K. Elrod Department of Health Administration
LSU Shreveport
Austin Texas USA
Director, Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics
Tenet Endowed Chair in Health Care Ethics
Saint Louis University USA
Director, Center for Neurotechnology Studies
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
Arlington, VA, USA
Book Review Editor
Assistant Professor of Clinical Sciences (Medical History)
Division of Ethics and Health Policy
Department of Clinical Sciences
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Editorial Board
Professor of Anesthesiology, Chairman
Department of Anesthesiology
The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston TX USAFormer President
American Society of Anesthesiologists ASAFormer President Texas Society of Anesthesiologists TSA
Associate Professor of Law
Texas Tech University
Lubbock Texas USAAdjunct Professor
University of Houston Law Center
Houston Texas USA
Consultant in Health Care Law, Computing, and Mediation
Lenexa Kansas USAAdjunct Professor in Health Law
Webster Univ., KC, MO., Friends, , KS.
Lenexa Kansas USA
Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health
Section of Legal Medicine and Forensic Pathology
University of Padova Italy
Professor of Medical Ethics
Director-Institute of Catholic Bioethics
Saint Joseph's University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Assistant Professor; Managing Director
Clinical Ethics Committee Institute for Ethics and History of Medicine
University of Tübingen Germany
Assistant Professor
Department of Philosophy
California State University, Sacramento
Research Associate
Children's Mercy Bioethics CenterLecturer
Department of Philosophy University of Missouri-Kansas City
Chief Consultation Psychiatry and Ethics
New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System
Associate Professor Department of Psychiatry
Director of Ethics Education; University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Assistant Professor
Department of Clinical Sciences
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Associate Professor of Nursing; Director, MSN Nurse Anesthesia Program
Florida Gulf Coast University
Fort Myers Florida USA
Associate Professor of Medicine; Chief, GI Endoscopy
Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology & Digestive Diseases
The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston Texas USA
Assistant Professor
Department of Medical Education
Alden March Bioethics Institute Albany Medical Center
Lincoln Professor of Emerging Technologies, Law & Ethics, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
Executive Director, Center for Law, Science & Technology
Professor, School of Life Sciences
Arizona State University
Clinical Professor of Psychological Science School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences
University of Texas at Dallas
Dallas Texas USA
Professor of Ethics in Medicine; Director, Centre for Ethics in Medicine
University of Bristol
Professor of Law William S. Boyd School of Law University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Assistant Professor
Department of Medical Humanities
Brody School of Medicine
Eastern Carolina University
Assistant Professor
Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics & Health Policy
Stritch School of Medicine
Loyola University Chicago