Perspectives in Biology and Medicine
- Perspectives in Biology and Medicine
Infobox Journal
discipline = Medicine, Health, Science, Philosophy of Science
abbreviation = PBM
website = http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/perspectives_in_biology_and_medicine/index.html
publisher = Johns Hopkins University Press
country = USA
history = 1957 to present
ISSN = 0031-5982
"Perspectives in Biology and Medicine" is an academic journal founded in 1957. It publishes essays that explore biology and medicine in relation to their place in society. Authors write informally, presenting their “perspectives” as the titles suggests. Topics covered are sometimes explicitly scientific, but might also extend into areas of philosophy, history, pedagogy, and medical practice. The editors are doctors Robert Perlman and Richard L Landau of the University of Chicago.
The journal is published quarterly. Circulation is 1,269 and the average length of an issue is 160 pages.
ee also
*Medical humanities
External links
* [http://cmp.bsd.uchicago.edu/faculty/rPerlman.html Dr. Perlman homepage]
* [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/perspectives_in_biology_and_medicine/ Perspectives in Biology and Medicine at Project MUSE]
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