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The Trouble with Medical Journals

Author : Richard Smith

Publisher : CRC Press

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 31,61 MB

Release : 2006-09-15

Category : Medical

ISBN : 9781853156731

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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. *************************************************************************************************



Havana Syndrome

Author : Robert W. Baloh

Publisher : Springer Nature

Page : 203 pages

File Size : 20,15 MB

Release : 2020-03-19

Category : Medical

ISBN : 3030407462

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It is one of the most extraordinary cases in the history of science: the mating calls of insects were mistaken for a “sonic weapon” that led to a major diplomatic row. Since August 2017, the world media has been absorbed in the “attack” on diplomats from the American and Canadian Embassies in Cuba. While physicians treating victims have described it as a novel and perplexing condition that involves an array of complaints including brain damage, the authors present compelling evidence that mass psychogenic illness was the cause of “Havana Syndrome.” This mysterious condition that has baffled experts is explored across 11-chapters which offer insights by a prominent neurologist and an expert on psychogenic illness. A lively and enthralling read, the authors explore the history of similar scares from the 18th century belief that sounds from certain musical instruments were harmful to human health, to 19th century cases of “telephone shock,” and more contemporary panics involving people living near wind turbines that have been tied to a variety of health complaints. The authors provide dozens of examples of kindred episodes of mass hysteria throughout history, in addition to psychosomatic conditions and even the role of insects in triggering outbreaks. Havana Syndrome: Mass Psychogenic Illness and the Real Story Behind the Embassy Mystery and Hysteria is a scientific detective story and a case study in the social construction of mass psychogenic illness.



100 Cases in Dermatology

Author : Rachael Morris-Jones

Publisher : CRC Press

Page : 281 pages

File Size : 46,84 MB

Release : 2011-08-26

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0429586108

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A 23-year-old African Caribbean woman presents in the emergency department with an acute onset facial rash. During initial assessment she complains of a two week history of general malaise, fatigue, fever, and weight loss. You have been assigned her examination...100 Cases in Dermatology presents 100 scenarios with a dermatological manifestation co



Medical Ethics Today

Author : British Medical Association

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 919 pages

File Size : 45,88 MB

Release : 2012-01-31

Category : Medical

ISBN : 1444355643

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This is your source for authoritative and comprehensive guidance from the British Medical Association (BMA) Medical Ethics Department covering both routine and highly contentious medico-legal issues faced by health care professionals. The new edition updates the information from both the legal and ethical perspectives and reflects developments surrounding The Mental Capacity Act, Human Tissue Act, and revision of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act.



Arrowsmith

Author : Sinclair Lewis

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 390 pages

File Size : 12,18 MB

Release : 2021-03-23

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1649741286

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Arrowsmith has been inspirational for several generations of med students. Martin Arrowsmith agonizes over his career and life decisions never sure if he’s making the correct descisions. While the book details Arrowsmith's pursuit of the noble ideals of medical research for the benefit of mankind and of selfless devotion to the care of patients, Lewis throws many less noble temptations and self deceptions in Arrowsmith’s path. The attractions of financial security, recognition, even wealth and power distract Arrowsmith from his original plan to follow in the footsteps of his first mentor, Max Gottlieb, a brilliant but abrasive bacteriologist. A powerful novel that asks more questions than it answers. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.



The History of the Royal Society of Medicine

Author : Penelope Hunting

Publisher : Martin Dunitz

Page : 568 pages

File Size : 20,27 MB

Release : 2002

Category : Medical

ISBN :

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Comprehensive history of the 200 year-old Royal Society of Medicine, which originated in 1805 when leading members of the Medical Society of London seceded to found a more dynamic society "for the purpose of conversation on professional subjects, for the reception of communications and for the formation of a library."



Fraud and Misconduct in Biomedical Research, 4th edition

Author : Frank Wells

Publisher : CRC Press

Page : 234 pages

File Size : 34,37 MB

Release : 2019-03-14

Category : Law

ISBN : 0429533519

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Now in its fourth edition, Fraud and Misconduct in Biomedical Research boasts an impressive list of contributors from around the globe and introduces a new focus for the book, transforming it from a series of monographs into a publication that will quickly become an essential textbook on all areas of research fraud and misconduct.Key features inclu



Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Author : David Riaño

Publisher : Springer

Page : 431 pages

File Size : 18,37 MB

Release : 2019-06-19

Category : Computers

ISBN : 303021642X

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, AIME 2019, held in Poznan, Poland, in June 2019. The 22 revised full and 31 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 134 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: deep learning; simulation; knowledge representation; probabilistic models; behavior monitoring; clustering, natural language processing, and decision support; feature selection; image processing; general machine learning; and unsupervised learning.



Essentials of Global Health

Author : Babulal Sethia

Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences

Page : 316 pages

File Size : 45,60 MB

Release : 2018-03-19

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0702066087

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This unique introduction to the essentials of global health has been constructed by medical students from all over the world through the help of Medsin (now Students for Global Health) and the International Federation of Medical Students' Association (IFMSA). The global student and trainee author team, recruited and guided initially by Drs Dan and Felicity Knights (themselves students and officers of Medsin when work commenced), identified the key areas to be covered. Then the book they put together was edited by two experts in the field: Mr B Sethia and Professor Parveen Kumar. Royalties raised from this book go to a grant fund for student global health projects. Written by medical students and junior doctors from Students for Global Health and the International Federation of Medical Students' Association (IFMSA). Edited by two experts in the field, Mr B Sethia and Professor Parveen Kumar. Royalties go to a grant fund for student global health projects.



Pharmacopoeia Londinensis

Author : Nicholas Culpeper

Publisher : Gale Ecco, Print Editions

Page : 406 pages

File Size : 48,4 MB

Release : 2018-04-23

Category :

ISBN : 9781385508992

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ Trinity College Library Watkinson Collection N011254 Running title: 'The physicians library'. With an index. P.382 misnumbered 482. Numerous editions of this unauthorized translation of the Royal College of Physicians' 'Pharmacopoeia' were published during the seventeenth century, first as 'A physicall directory', 1649, and later, and more commonly, as 'Pharmacopoeia Londinensis'. London: printed for A. and J. Churchil, 1702. [26],482[i.e.382], [24]p.; 12°