victor,
i'm forwarding your inquiry to a member of the editorial board, and they
can decide whether/ how to respond.
my tuppence: i'm still submitting to JAMA out of personal loyalty to the
journal staff who are still there. maybe the editorial board have that
same sense of loyalty toward people (rather than toward institutions).
[and why haven't the remaining full-time JAMA staff quit in protest?
that's for them to say, but could you quit your job today and get another
one tomorrow that would pay your bills and seamlessly cover your kids'
tuitions, your health insurance, pension plan, etc?]
cheers
dls
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Prof David L. Sackett
Director, NHS R&D Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine
Consultant in Medicine Editor, Evidence-Based Medicine
Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford
Level 5, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, England
Phone: +44-(0)1865-221320 Fax: +44-(0)1865 222901
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On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Montori, Victor M., M.D. wrote:
> Maybe somebody will explain to me why is it that the Editorial Board of the
> JAMA has not resigned with their Editor-in-Chief. The article in question
> does not add much to medical or scientific knowledge but nobody can deny its
> incredible potential for scandal and controversy. Because of that potential,
> it is unlikely that the publication of such an article was not discussed by
> Dr Lundberg with some of his collaborators, all of which as far as I know
> remain in office.
> Why is it that people of such prestige remain in the offices of a censored
> medical journal, endorsing with their continued presence the decision of the
> AMA executive?
> Indeed sad, very sad show.
> Victor Montori, MD
>
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