Top cited articles
To celebrate another year of high quality, cutting edge content published in Journal of Medical Ethics, we have shortlisted the most cited papers of 2019 and 2020. These articles are free to access.
2020
Ethics of instantaneous contact tracing using mobile phone apps in the control of the COVID-19 pandemic
MAY 2020 10.1136/medethics-2020-106314
Whose life to save? Scarce resources allocation in the COVID-19 outbreak
APR 2020 10.1136/medethics-2020-106227
Multivalue ethical framework for fair global allocation of a COVID-19 vaccine
JUNE 2020 10.1136/medethics-2020-106516
Triage during the COVID-19 epidemic in Spain: better and worse ethical arguments
MAY 2020 10.1136/medethics-2020-106352
‘Healthcare Heroes’: problems with media focus on heroism from healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
JUN 2020 10.1136/medethics-2020-106398
2019
On the ethics of algorithmic decision-making in healthcare
NOV 2019Â 10.1136/medethics-2019-105586
Moral uncertainty and the farming of human-pig chimeras
JUN 2019 10.1136/medethics-2018-105227
Moral reasons to edit the human genome: picking up from the Nuffield report
JAN 2019Â 10.1136/medethics-2018-105084
Patients’ and public views and attitudes towards the sharing of health data for research: a narrative review of the empirical evidence
NOV 2019 10.1136/medethics-2019-105651
Familial genetic risks: how can we better navigate patient confidentiality and appropriate risk disclosure to relatives?
MAY 2019Â 10.1136/medethics-2018-105229