BMJ 2002;325:404 ( 24 August )

Editorials

The BMJ through American eyes

BMJ USA is now available online

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An editorial in the 17 February 2001 issue spoke of the "two US sisters" of the BMJ, the Western Journal of Medicine and the newly released BMJ USA.1 We bring bad and good news about the sisters. The bad news is that the Western Journal of Medicine, a popular publication among doctors in the western United States, has succumbed to the economic pressures faced by today's medical journals. The BMJ Publishing Group and the University of California regret that they were unable to keep this impressive journal in circulation. The good news is that BMJ USA remains vibrant and growing and now has online access.

BMJ USA is a monthly journal that is circulated to some 100 000 primary care doctors in the United States. Its editors assemble articles from the weekly BMJ that are relevant to primary care practice in the United States and reprint them in issues that . . . [Full text of this article]


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Pax Americana and the BMJ. Heaven help us all.
Roger KA Allen
bmj.com, 23 Aug 2002 [Full text]
It's just economics.
John R Davies
bmj.com, 24 Aug 2002 [Full text]
A rebuttal from across the Pond
Christopher B. Hurt
bmj.com, 24 Aug 2002 [Full text]
From White Coat to a Pointy White Hood
Peter K Wong
bmj.com, 25 Aug 2002 [Full text]
Re: Pax Americana and the BMJ. Heaven help us all.
Colm C Magee
bmj.com, 25 Aug 2002 [Full text]
Association of Monkeys and Americans
Mark Struthers
bmj.com, 27 Aug 2002 [Full text]
Re: A rebuttal from across the Pond
David N. Chorley
bmj.com, 27 Aug 2002 [Full text]
Reply from over your biggest pond
Roger KA Allen
bmj.com, 27 Aug 2002 [Full text]
Use of Stereotypes Unbecoming to Physicians
Thomas F. Heston
bmj.com, 28 Aug 2002 [Full text]
In the land of "commericals"
Phillip J. Colquitt
bmj.com, 28 Aug 2002 [Full text]
May the 4th be with you and the Lindberg syndrome
Roger KA Allen
bmj.com, 29 Aug 2002 [Full text]
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