BMJ USA: A British contribution to American medicine

doi:10.1136/bmjusa.01020002

BMJ, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01020002, (Published 5 September 2002)

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BMJ USA: A British contribution to American medicine

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Throughout its history the United States has benefited from British contributions.¹ In the early days of the republic,Americans used James Watt's steam engine in locomotives and steamboats.The works of British authors from Shakespeare to Kipling havefeatured in the curriculum of American schools. Recently Britishjournalism $---$ led by Nature and The Economist $---$ has become popularand influential, while the success of the film American Beautyhas shown how much can be achieved by a combination of Britishand Americantalent.

We hope to emulate some of these successes in BMJ USA. The BMJ (British Medical Journal) Publishing Group, in partnershipwith the Clinicians Group, will be sending BMJ USA each monthto about 100,000 primary care physicians in theUS.

BMJ USA will feature articles from the weekly BMJ that are particularly relevant to primary care medicine in the . . . [Full text of this article]