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EDITOR'S CHOICE: Kamran Abbasi Triumph of the white male BMJ 2005; 330: 0-g [Full text]

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The fallibility of the Yte chromosome

Mark Struthers   (6 May 2005)

Medical Media's role; BMJ leadership

seshu Babu Gosala   (12 May 2005)

The fallibility of the Yte chromosome 6 May 2005
Mark Struthers, GP Bedfordshire, UK mark.struthers@which.net Send response to journal: Re: The fallibility of the Yte chromosome	I presume that Kamran Abbasi meant to entitle his ‘editor’s choice’ ‘Stupid White Men – and other pathetic excuses for the State of the Nation’ after the British election. A triumph of the white male? Dude – where’s my country now? Competing interests: None declared
Medical Media's role; BMJ leadership 12 May 2005
seshu Babu Gosala, chief Medical Officer & Port Health Officer Visakhapatnam 530017 Send response to journal: Re: Medical Media's role; BMJ leadership	If the statistics quoted by Kamran Abbasi are true,then it must be true that there is a consorted attempt by politico-media barons and other stake holders interested in glossing the real life issues and projecting non-issues. Such attempts have been in use over a long time and a well-meaning general public have proved a poor match before the power of the mighty vested interests and their voices are in the way of muted letters to editors of the same media-politico controlled media. As a responsible member of the medical fraternity it is the bounden duty of the medical media bosses like Kamran Abbasi to highlight such attempts related to undermining of the real health issues and do more than a passing remark in an editorial. I am sure BMJ is more autonomous and independent to take the lead in projecting the real health care issues in a more objective way. Competing interests: None declared