IJME Fifth National Bioethics Conference: a summary report

he Fifth National Bioethics Conference (NBC) was co-hosted by St John’s National Academy of Health Sciences (SJNAHS), Bangalore; Society for Community Health Research Awareness and Action (SOCHARA), Bangalore; and Forum for Medical Ethics Society (FMES), Mumbai, which publishes the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics (IJME). The conference was held at the St John’s campus, Bangalore from December 11 to 13, 2014. The theme of the Fifth NBC was “Integrity in medical care, public health, and health research”.