Former JAMA editor starts electronic journal

The first entirely electronic general medical journal has been launched, on the internet with Dr George Lundberg as editor in chief. Called Medscape General Medicine, it is published by Medscape, a leading internet medical site ( www.medscape.com/).

The journal is free to Medscape's subscribers, who number more than one million and who include 180000 physicians, almost 600000 healthcare professionals, and 300000 consumers.

Dr Lundberg, who was fired in …