List members may be interested in an article in
yesterday's Guardian by Alison Tonks, assistant editor of the
BMJ,
(Guardian society p.12, October
4th) re. the appointment of a new Ethics Committee to look "critically
at everything the journal does".
She quotes Mike Farthing editor of Gut on
the potential damage to public health derrving from distortions in medical
literature.
"If you think you could serve as a lay member ..
please get in touch before next Monday"
Regards
Sue Lacey Bryant
Knowledge Manager - Ridgeway PCG