Commissioned obituaries should be abandoned

BMJ 1995; 310 doi: 10.1136/bmj.310.6980.660a (Published 11 March 1995)
Cite this as: BMJ 1995;310:660.2

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  1. D G Craig
  1. Company medical adviser, Veryan, Truro TR2 5QA

    EDITOR,—Those of us hoping to write our own obituary have a particular interest in the BMJ's problem concerning the pressure on the obituaries pages.1 It is we who scan the items for names we recognise and who choose to read other contributions when style or content commends.

    Obituaries in the broadsheets …

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