期刊名称：THEORETICAL MEDICINE AND BIOETHICS
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics provides a forum for interdisciplinary studies in the philosophy and methodology of medical practice and research. Matters of particular interest are the developments of the philosophy and methodology of clinical judgment and clinical decision making; the study of problems of medical language, of knowledge acquisition and of theory formation in medicine; the analysis of the structure and dynamics of medical hypotheses and theories; the discussion and clarification of basic medical concepts and issues; the application to medicine of advanced methods in the general philosophy of science, classical and non-classical logics, and mathematics; and the study of the interplay between medicine and other scientific or social institutions. Particular attention is paid to heuristic approaches in developing new methods and tools for the better analysis and understanding of the conceptual and ethical presuppositions of the medical sciences and health care processes.
Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics is an important communication medium in the area of the philosophy and methodology of medicine and, as such, offers comprehensive bibliographies, reviews of significant literature, information about current scholarly activities in the field, including partial proceedings of selected meetings, and an opinions section for readers' commentaries.
Abstracted/Indexed in:
Current Contents / Social & Behavioral Sciences, EMBASE, Ethnopharmacologia, Index Medicus/MEDLINE, ISI Alerting Services, Referativnyi Zhurnal, Revue Philosophique de Louvain, SCOPUS, Social Science Citation Index (SSCI), Social SciSearch, The Philosopher's Index
Instructions to Authors
Submission Procedure
Manuscripts can be considered for publication in Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics only if (1) they have not been previously published elsewhere and, (2) they are not currently under review elsewhere.
Online Manuscript Submission
Springer now offers authors, editors and reviewers of Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics the option of using our fully web-enabled online manuscript submission and review system. To keep the review time as short as possible (no postal delays!), we encourage authors to submit manuscripts online to the journal‘s editorial office. Our online manuscript submission and review system offers authors the option to track the progress of the review process of manuscripts in real time. Manuscripts should be submitted to: www.editorialmanager.com/tmbe
The online manuscript submission and review system for Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics offers easy and straightforward log-in and submission procedures. This system supports a wide range of submission file formats: for manuscripts - Word, RTF, TXT and LaTex; for figures - TIFF, GIF, JPEG.
NOTE: By using the online manuscript submission and review system, it is NOT necessary to submit the manuscript also in printout + disk.
In case you encounter any difficulties while submitting your manuscript on line, please get in touch with the responsible Editorial Assistant by clicking on “CONTACT US?from the tool bar.
Electronic figures
Electronic versions of your figures must be supplied. For vector graphics, EPS is the preferred format. For bitmapped graphics, TIFF is the preferred format. The following resolutions are optimal: line figures - 600 - 1200 dpi; photographs - 300 dpi; screen dumps - leave as is. Colour figures can be submitted in the RGB colour system. Font-related problems can be avoided by using standard fonts such as Times Roman, Courier and Helvetica.
Colour figures
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Language
We appreciate any efforts that you make to ensure that the language is corrected before submission. This will greatly improve the legibility of your paper if English is not your first language.
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Manuscript Presentation
The journal is published in the English language only. Please submit all manuscripts in English.
The Chicago Manual of Style, 14th edition, is the general guide for all matters of style. Authors are advised to consult the manual for answers to their questions regarding style. However, in general, manuscripts presented to Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics should include the following:
Title Page
running head (shortened title)
title
author(s)
affiliation(s)
full address for correspondence, including telephone and fax number and e−mail address
Abstract and Key Words
The abstract should be between 100−250 words. It should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references. There should also be 5 to 10 key words or short phrases placed in alphabetical order on the bottom of the abstract page.
Abbreviations
Abbreviations should be explained at first occurrence.
Section Headings
First, second, third, and fourth−order headings should be clearly distinguishable but not numbered.
Appendices
Supplementary material should be collected in an Appendix and placed before the Notes and References section.
Notes and Bibliography
Please supply both Notes and a Bibliography. Use endnotes rather than footnotes. However, you should not use the endnote or footnote command on the word processor program. The numbers for the notes should be placed in superscript inside the text. Notes and bibliography should be typed double−spaced in a separate section, and numbered consecutively. They will be printed at the end of the paper. The first mention of the book or journal article should offer complete bibliographical information. All subsequent references to the same book or journal article in the endnotes should indicate the author and reference the first citation in the notes (e.g. Smith, cited in n. 3, above).
Example of Notes:
John Smith, Urban Turmoil: The Politics of new Hope (New City: Polis Publishing Co., 1986).
Penelope Wise, ``Money Today: Two Cents for a Dollar,' No Profit Review 2 (1987): 123−142.
Smith, cited in n. 1, above.
Example of Bibliography: (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)
Alexandre, Aimee. The Myth of Tolstoy. Edited and translated by D. Luscombe. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1971.
Anscombe, G.E.M. ``Modern Moral Philosophy.' Philosophy 33 (1958): 1−19.
Since reviews are double−blind, self−identifying citations and references in the article text should either be avoided or left blank when manuscripts are first submitted. Authors are responsible for reinserting self−identifying citations and references when manuscripts are prepared for final submission.
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in a separate section before the notes and bibliography.
Figures
All photographs, graphs and diagrams should be referred to as a 'Figure' and they should be numbered consecutively (1, 2, etc.). Multi-part figures ought to be labelled with lower case letters (a, b, etc.). Please insert keys and scale bars directly in the figures. Relatively small text and great variation in text sizes within figures should be avoided as figures are often reduced in size. Figures may be sized to fit approximately within the column(s) of the journal. Provide a detailed legend (without abbreviations) to each figure, refer to the figure in the text and note its approximate location in the margin. Please place the legends in the manuscript after the references.
Tables
Each table should be numbered consecutively (1, 2, etc.). In tables, footnotes are preferable to long explanatory material in either the heading or body of the table. Such explanatory footnotes, identified by superscript letters, should be placed immediately below the table. Please provide a caption (without abbreviations) to each table, refer to the table in the text and note its approximate location in the margin. Finally, please place the tables after the figure legends in the manuscript.
Proofs
Proofs will be sent to the corresponding author. One corrected proof, together with the original, edited manuscript, should be returned to the Publisher within three days of receipt by mail (airmail overseas).
Offprints
25 offprints of each article will be provided free of charge. Additional offprints can be ordered by means of an offprint order form supplied with the proofs.
Page Charges and Colour Figures
No page charges are levied on authors or their institutions. Colour figures are published at the author's expense only.
Copyright
Authors will be asked, upon acceptance of an article, to transfer copyright of the article to the Publisher. This will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information under copyright laws.
Permissions
It is the responsibility of the author to obtain permission to quote from works in copyright. See ``fair use' in the University of Chicago Manual of Style.
Review Procedures
Editor's review: 1−2 weeks
If sent out for peer−review: 4−6 weeks
Editorial review of referees comments: 1−2 weeks
Springer Open Choice
In addition to the normal publication process (whereby an article is submitted to the journal and access to that article is granted to customers who have purchased a subscription), Springer now provides an alternative publishing option: Springer Open Choice. A Springer Open Choice article receives all the benefits of a regular subscription−based article, but in addition is made available publicly through Springers online platform SpringerLink. To publish via Springer Open Choice, upon acceptance please click on the link below to complete the relevant order form and provide the required payment information. Payment must be received in full before publication or articles will publish as regular subscription−model articles. We regret that Springer Open Choice cannot be ordered for published articles.
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief: Daniel P. Sulmasy (St. Vincent's Manhattan and New York Medical College, USA)
Co-Editor: Lynn A. Jansen (St. Vincent's Manhattan and New York Medical College, USA)
Editorial Assistant: Janine Pelegano
Editor Emeritus: David C. Thomasma ?/P>
Founding Editor: Kazem Sadegh-Zadeh (Universität Münster, Germany)
Associate Editors:
Africa: Joseph Mfutso-Bengo (University of Malawi College of Medicine)
Asia: Young-Mo Koo(University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea)
Australia: Bernadette Tobin (Plunkett Centre for Ethics in Health Care, Australia)
Latin America: Florencia Luna (Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Argentina)
Northern Europe: Evert van Leeuwen (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
North America: Lainie Friedman Ross (University of Chicago, USA)
Southern Europe: Miguel Sánchez (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)
Book Review Editors:
Renzo Pegoraro (Fondazione Lanza, Padova, Italy)
Judith Kissell (Creighton University, USA)
Editorial Advisory Board:
George J. Agich (Bowling Green State University, USA)
Margaret Battin (University of Utah, USA)
Lazare Benaroyo (Universit?de Laussane, Switzerland)
Solomon Benatar (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
Mark Bliton (Vanderbilt University, USA)
Andreas Frewer (Universität Göttingen, Germany)
Matti Häyry (University of Manchester, UK)
Søren Holm (Cardiff University, UK)
Uffe J. Jensen (Aarhus Universitet, Denmark)
Peter Kampits (Universität Wien, Austria)
Gerrit Kimsma (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Mark G. Kuczewski (Loyola University Chicago, USA)
Reidar K. Lie (University of Bergen, Norway)
Alex John London (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
Jean-Christophe Mino (Hôpital National de Saint-Maurice, France)
John Moskop (East Carolina University, USA)
Lennart Nordenfelt (Linköpings Universitet, Sweden)
Erik Parens (The Hastings Center, USA)
Edmund D. Pellegrino (Georgetown University, USA)
Rosamond Rhodes (Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, USA)
Kenneth F. Schaffner (George Washington University, USA)
Thomas Schramme (University of Swansea, UK)
William Stempsey (College of the Holy Cross, USA)
Carson Strong (University of Tennessee, USA)
Jeremy Sugarman (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
Fredrik Svenaeus (Linköpings Universitet, Sweden)
Tuija Takala (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Henk ten Have (UNESCO, Paris, France)
David N. Weisstub (Universit?de Montréal, Canada)
Joachim Widder (Vienna University General Hospital, Austria)
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