Letters to the editor
Public health priorities
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EDITOR,
The 15 July 1998 issue of the
Journal of the American Medical
Association (JAMA) was dedicated
to reports on the process of research publication. It included an
article lead authored by the then editor of
JAMA, entitled "A comparison of the
opinions of experts and readers as to what topics a general medical
journal (JAMA) should
address."1 The study concluded that tobacco issues were
of lesser importance than issues such as managed care (the polled
experts' top-ranked priority) and aging (the polled readers' top-ranked priority). This prompted the letter to the editor of JAMA that follows. It was not accepted for
publication. We feel it is important to discuss this here, not only
for the issues we raise in our unpublished letter, but also for the
implications that their decision to not publish this letter raises.
"Dear Editor,
"The recent poll of expert and. . . [Full text of this article]
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