From: "Jeff Green" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 8:07 PM
> Sometimes a doctor is necessary - other times they are not.
>
> A few years ago there was a long boring debate about the need for the
Editor of the Pharmaceutical Journal to be a
> pharmacist. Even the Editor of the BMJ joined in - with the argument that
the editor proposed for the job was good and that
> not being a member of the profession that the journal was meant to
represent was no big thing.
>
> I've noticed the advert for a new editor for the BMJ - why on earth does
the editor NEED to be a doctor?
You might say to counteract the accountants and businessmen running the BMA
but I couldn't possibly comment.
Are you planning to apply for the job?
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Fay
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