Aims and scope
The American Journal of Bioethics (AJOB) is an international journal of bioethics that publishes leading research on current ethical challenges in the health sciences.

AJOB has followed through on the innovative vision that built bioethics: serious discussion of the social implications of biomedicine. The journal provides an authoritative, annotated conversation that has been used by judges, senators, journalists, scholars, schoolteachers, and many others.

Areas of interest include:

social implications of clinical research
access to health services
medical records and data
AJOB accepts the following types of article: target articles, open peer commentaries, book reviews, response to open peer commentaries.