Ethics Journals |
Bioethics | No instructions | No instructions |
Hastings Center Report | No instructions | No instructions |
Journal of Clinical Ethics | No instructions | No instructions |
Journal of Medical Ethics | No instructions | No instructions |
Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal | No instructions | No instructions |
General Medical Journals |
Archives of Internal Medicine | No instructions for case studies.
Written consent required for clinical images. | Anonymise by assigning numbers or fictional names to patients. |
BMJ | Written consent required if “any chance patient may be identified”.
Patient to view manuscript prior to publication. | Withhold names, patient details not to be changed to try to disguise them.
Patients to understand that complete anonymity cannot be guaranteed. |
JAMA | Written consent required from patients who can be identified in written descriptions, photographs, or pedigrees.
Patient to view manuscript prior to publication. | No instructions |
The Lancet | Written consent required for all case studies.
Patient to view manuscript prior to publication. | Withhold names.
Patients to understand that complete anonymity cannot be guaranteed. |
New England Journal of Medicine | No instructions but links to website of International Committee of Medical Journal Editors displaying the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical journals. | See box 1 |