Re: Restricting access to eBMJ: Where's the Evidence?
Sir,
I am an Italian GP, I used to consult the BMJ regularly and I found
it very useful. I was compelled to give up this habit for a long time
because of some big troubles occurred in my family. When I began to do it
again it was a bad surprise for me to see a limitation in the access. I'd
like to know what sort of information one can get free in order to carry
on one's daily training, as many important journals have stopped more or
less their access. As I live in a little village far from any medical
library it is too expensive for me to pay in order to get a reasonable
number of journals. Nevertheless I need to read at least a few articles,
which is absolutely necessary for my personal training. That is why online
free access was and always is an important resource. Moreover I think that
it is a substantial question to debate whether in the future the only way
to get sound information for daily activity is to pay for it. What sort of
information physicians like me are going to get, if in the future the only
free pieces of information we'll be able to get will come from
Pharmaceutical Industries?
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Re: Restricting access to eBMJ: Where's the Evidence?
Sir,
I am an Italian GP, I used to consult the BMJ regularly and I found it very useful. I was compelled to give up this habit for a long time because of some big troubles occurred in my family. When I began to do it again it was a bad surprise for me to see a limitation in the access. I'd like to know what sort of information one can get free in order to carry on one's daily training, as many important journals have stopped more or less their access. As I live in a little village far from any medical library it is too expensive for me to pay in order to get a reasonable number of journals. Nevertheless I need to read at least a few articles, which is absolutely necessary for my personal training. That is why online free access was and always is an important resource. Moreover I think that it is a substantial question to debate whether in the future the only way to get sound information for daily activity is to pay for it. What sort of information physicians like me are going to get, if in the future the only free pieces of information we'll be able to get will come from Pharmaceutical Industries?
Claudio Blengini MD Italy
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