More pages should be given to obituaries

doi:10.1136/bmj.310.6980.660b

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Terence Hypher

Retired consultant opthalmologist, Sketty, Swansea SA2 9LT

EDITOR,—The BMA is an association of doctors, and the BMJ therefore carries a responsibility to publish the obituaries of its members. This is not the case for the Lancet, which is merely a journal. A list of deaths would be insufficient, for it is the details of the lives and achievements that members wish to read. Equally importantly, the publication of the obituary is an important element of the mourning process for the relatives of many of the people who have died.

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