Perspectives in Biology and Medicine
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Perspectives in Biology and Medicine is an academic journal
Academic journal
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 established in 1957. It publishes essays that explore biology
Biology
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 and medicine
Medicine
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 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
Philosophy
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, history
History
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, pedagogy
Pedagogy
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, and medical practice. The journal is published quarterly by the Johns Hopkins University Press
Johns Hopkins University Press
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. Circulation is 1,269 and the average length of an issue is 160 pages.

External links

  • Perspectives in Biology and Medicine at Project MUSE
    Project MUSE
    Project MUSE is an online database of current and back issues of peer-reviewed humanities and social sciences journals. It was founded in 1993 by Todd Kelley and Susan Lewis and is a project of the Johns Hopkins University Press and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library. It had support from the Mellon...

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