UK National Bookseller of the Year 2013 & 2012! Celebrating 110 years, est 1903. A UK registered company. Visit us instore & online. Foyles
Login to Foyles
Login

Login to check or place orders or create a login.

Close
Enter your search into one or more of the boxes below:
You can refine your search by selecting from any of the options below:
Search
Browse Menu:
Foyles BlogRSS
If we had world enough and time...
20/06/2013

Rachel Darling from our Charing Cross Road branch explores the merits of rereading, asking the rest of our staff to suggest things that they have enjoyed reading again, or would like to reread if only they had the time.

Mappae mundorum
17/06/2013

Adam Howard, from our Westfield White City branch, charts the use of the fantasy map in giving readers a visual aid for imagining strange new lands.

View all Blog Entries »

Foyles is a UK Registered Company
PayPoint Authorised Security Seal
Buy SSL
SSL Certificates


The Trouble with Medical Journals
Foyalty 99
The Trouble with Medical Journals (Paperback)
Order now for Free delivery in the UK for orders over £10 or choose Express Delivery to receive in 2 business days. More on delivery...
Order Options List Price Online Price Save Availability Login for Quick Checkout
Delivery:

To home, business or free to our stores. Click for more info.

£24.99 £24.99

Despatched in 1 business day.

Add to Basket
Click & Collect:

Order now to collect from 1pm today. In stock items only. Click for more info.

£24.99 £21.24 15%

Stores - out of stock

 
New & Used:

Our marketplace sellers will deliver to your chosen address. Click for more info.

From £22.30  

In stock at one or more sellers.

Buy - Select Seller

Product Synopsis

It 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. Richard Smith, a previous editor of the British Medical Journal 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. Full 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. Topic 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. This is a unique offering by the former BMJ editor- challenging, comprehensive and controversial. This must be the most controversial medical book of the 21st Century John Illman, MJA News Lively, full of anecdote and he [Smith] is brutally honest British Journal of Hospital Medicine ************************************************************************************************* Please 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.

*************************************************************************************************

Medical & Veterinary >> Medicine: general issuesReference & Research >> Encyclopaedias & reference works >> Reference works >> Serials, periodicals, abstracts, indexes Publisher: Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd Publication Date: 15/09/2006 ISBN-13: 9781853156731  Details: Type: Paperback Format: Books
Availability: Despatched in 1 business day. Login for Quick Checkout Add to Basket

More books by Richard Smith

Leave Review

Delivery

Please note for the New & Used Marketplace different terms and conditions apply.

Delivery Options

All delivery times quoted are the average, and cannot be guaranteed. These should be added to the availability message time, to determine when the goods will arrive. During checkout we will give you a cumulative estimated date for delivery.

Location1st BookEach additional bookAverage Delivery Time
UK Second ClassAvailable free for orders over £10* or £2.50Available free for orders over £10* or £1.003-7 Days
UK First Class£4.50£1.001-2 Days
UK Courier£7.00£1.001-2 Days
Western Europe** Courier£17.00£3.002-3 Days
Western Europe** Airmail£5.00£1.504-14 Days
USA / Canada Courier£20.00£3.002-4 Days
USA / Canada Airmail£7.00£3.004-14 Days
Rest of World Courier£22.50£3.003-6 Days
Rest of World Airmail£8.00£3.007-21 Days

* Available free for orders over £10 = When offered a delivery preference choose 'For Cheapest Postage' for our freepost in the UK offer. This is not available on the 'For Faster Delivery' option.

** Includes Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Irish Republic, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

Delivery Help & FAQs

Returns Information

If you are not completely satisfied with your purchase*, you may return it to us in its original condition with in 30 days of receiving your delivery or collection notification email for a refund. Except for damaged items or delivery issues the cost of return postage is borne by the buyer. Your statutory rights are not affected.

* For Exclusions and terms on damaged or delivery issues see Returns Help & FAQs

You might also like

London Gazette: Great Fire of London
Stationery Office
 
Selected essays and papers of Richard...
Christie, Richard Copley;
 
£20.21£18.1910%Add to Basket
Studies in Carto-Bibliography, ...
Fordham, Sir Herbert George;
 
£14.50£13.0510%Add to Basket
Your Shopping Basket
Total number of items: 0
Sub total: £0.00
Edit Basket Go to Checkout
Select Currency: $ £
enCounter Culture
Fiction Uncovered 2013
Signed Books and Copies
110 Exhibition
Ebooks
Bookseller Industry Awards
Animators Survival Kit
link to Grantandcutler.com
Learn about our generous Foyalty reward card
Foyles Gift Cards
© W&G Foyle Ltd
Version: 1.0.0.21605