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Dear Sir,
This is just a spontanous reaction to your worries about the quality of the
BMJ.
I must say that the changes during the last years have increased my
appreciation of BMJ. It now more clearly stands in the midst of everyday
work with all its delight and mostly also frustrations. I do think your
"smörgåsbord" of examples in the editorial well points that out.
I am also the chairman of the Göteborg University Ethical Research
Committee and the debate on informed consent, and how to get research data
into clinical practice are just another two excellent examples of the
usefulness of BMJ in its present shape.
Add to this the availability of BMJ on the net. It is with fascination that, on
Friday morning, when arriving at the hospital I read my e-mail and then
follow it up by going through the electronic version.
So please, follow the present path of keeping BMJ alive as an active
member of the debate between medicine and society.
Sincerely
Anders Fasth
Competing interests:
No competing interests
21 September 1998
Anders Fasth
Head, Pediatric immunology
Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Dept of Pediatrics
Re: A corker of a journal?
Dear Sir,
This is just a spontanous reaction to your worries about the quality of the
BMJ.
I must say that the changes during the last years have increased my
appreciation of BMJ. It now more clearly stands in the midst of everyday
work with all its delight and mostly also frustrations. I do think your
"smörgåsbord" of examples in the editorial well points that out.
I am also the chairman of the Göteborg University Ethical Research
Committee and the debate on informed consent, and how to get research data
into clinical practice are just another two excellent examples of the
usefulness of BMJ in its present shape.
Add to this the availability of BMJ on the net. It is with fascination that, on
Friday morning, when arriving at the hospital I read my e-mail and then
follow it up by going through the electronic version.
So please, follow the present path of keeping BMJ alive as an active
member of the debate between medicine and society.
Sincerely
Anders Fasth
Competing interests: No competing interests