The journal edits issues with specific topics with articles requested by an invited editor (specialist in the topic chosen), and also includes articles of various topics not requested (interfaces), current publications reviews and other significant bioethics documents. It counts with an International Advisory Committee and a system to review manuscripts with peer review. The journal has a free distribution to university libraries, PAHO documentation centers, institutions interested in disseminating bioethics to their members and independently, to professionals and specialists in biomedical and social research who are interested in bioethics for their discipline.