{"product_id":"trouble-with-medical-journals-paperback-softback","title":"Trouble with Medical Journals - Paperback \/ softback","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is a turbulent time for STM publishing. With moves towards open access to scientific literature, the future of medical journals is uncertain and unpredictable. This is the only book of its kind to address this problematic issue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard Smith, a previous editor of the \u003cem\u003eBritish Medical Journal\u003c\/em\u003e for twenty five years and one of the most influential people within medical journals and medicine depicts a compelling picture of medical publishing. Drawn from the author's own extensive and unrivalled experience in medical publishing, Smith provides a refreshingly honest analysis of current and future trends in journal publishing including peer review, ethics in medical publishing, the influence of the pharmaceutical industry as well as that of the mass media, and the risk that money can cloud objectivity in publishing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFull of personal anecdotes and amusing tales, this is a book for everyone, from researcher to patient, author to publisher and editor to reader. The controversial and highly topical nature of this book, will make uncomfortable reading for publishers, researchers, funding bodies and pharmaceutical companies alike making this useful resource for anyone with an interest in medicine or medical journals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTopic covered include: Libel and medical journals; Patients and medical journals; Medical journals and the mass media; Medical journals and pharmaceutical companies: uneasy bedfellows; Editorial independence; misconduct; and accountability; Ethical support and accountability for journals; Peer review: a flawed process and Conflicts of interest: how money clouds objectivity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a unique offering by the former \u003cem\u003eBMJ \u003c\/em\u003eeditor- challenging, comprehensive and controversial. This must be the most controversial medical book of the 21st Century \u003cbr\u003eJohn Illman, \u003cem\u003eMJA News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLively, full of anecdote and he [Smith] is brutally honest \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eBritish Journal of Hospital Medicine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*************************************************************************************************\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that the reference to Arup Banerjee on page 100 of this book should be to Anjan Banerjee. We apologise to Professor Arup Banerjee for this oversight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*************************************************************************************************\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45576187543790,"sku":"9781853156731","price":62.39,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9781853156731.jpg?v=1720966994","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/trouble-with-medical-journals-paperback-softback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}