Half a century has passed since Sir Theodore Fox reflected upon his recently completed 40-
year tenure as editor of The Lancet. He titled his farewell lecture series “Crisis in …

We live in interesting times. Technological change is occurring so rapidly and with such
profound impact that it is a major challenge for us to maintain currency in our profession …

AS I LOOKED over medical journals, I decided that they were just about half way between a
trade journal and a general publication. A trade journal is obviously designed to make …

Congratulations to everyone involved with the British Journal of Surgery on the centennial of
your journal. When your journal was founded, surgical training in the United States was …

A 1-PAGE commentary titled" Surgical Research or Comic Opera: Questions, but Few
Answers," recently published inLancet, 1 concluded as follows: Only when the quality of …

Publication in professional journals is where advancements in surgery are reported and
verified. Thus academic surgery holds common ground with journalism, where the principles …

When I received this book, my first reaction was a query: Should the title have a question
mark? When I noted the author's name, I concluded that the title must be correct. Long …

Medical Publishing Series Jyoti Shah, Pippa Smart Series Editors E: jyoti. shah@ burtonft.
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The surgeons patiently practised a laborious and unnecessary ritual for the sake of the
better results.” 1 The quote is not about the surgical safety check routine but about the …