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Human Rights in the Biomedical Literature
The Social Responsibility of Medical Journals
Annette Flanagin, RN, MA
JAMA. 2000;284:618-619.
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The number of articles on human rights published in biomedical journals has increased substantially during the last decade. This reflects an increasing involvement of physicians and other health professionals in the documentation of the health consequences of violations of human rights,1-2 improvements in the quality of articles on human rights, and the willingness of journals to publish these articles.
MEDLINE defines human rights as "the rights of the individual to cultural, social, economic, and educational opportunities as provided by society (eg, right to work, right to education, and right to social security)."3 The term human rights was formally introduced into the MEDLINE lexicon in 1973. Previous indexing for this term was included under civil rights.3 Although the MEDLINE definition does not specifically address each article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,4 it encompasses the main issues of freedom, justice, and peace, and is further supported . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Author Affiliations: Ms Flanagin is Managing Senior Editor, JAMA.
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