@article{ref1,
title="Should policy ethics come in two colours: green or white?",
journal="Journal of medical ethics",
year="2013",
author="Oswald, Malcolm",
volume="39",
number="5",
pages="312-315",
abstract="When writing about policy, do you think in green or white? If not, I recommend that you do. I suggest that writers and journal editors should explicitly label every policy ethics paper either 'green' or 'white'. A green paper is an unconstrained exploration of a policy question. The controversial 'After-birth abortion' paper is an example. Had it been labelled as 'green', readers could have understood what Giubilini and Minerva explained later: that it was a discussion of philosophical ideas, and not a policy proposal advocating infanticide. A serious policy proposal should be labelled by writer(s) and editor(s) as 'white'. Its purpose should be to influence policy. In order to influence policy, I suggest three essential, and two desirable, characteristics of any white paper. Most importantly, a white paper should be set in the context in which the policy is to be made and applied.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0306-6800",
doi="10.1136/medethics-2012-101191",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2012-101191"
}