tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post3971412056168882496..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: Politics in Major Medical JournalsDrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-10029806620460139392012-12-01T18:43:44.710-06:002012-12-01T18:43:44.710-06:00The world in which we haved lived in the West thes...The world in which we haved lived in the West these past several generations used to be one where concern with politics was an option, one that a person could ignore at little to no risk to himself - because there were constraints on government that reassured him that government could be trusted not to become a danger.<br /><br />Compare with life for the rest of history before that . Politics Seerakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04126614695040517202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-88204413888873556562012-11-27T23:18:20.720-06:002012-11-27T23:18:20.720-06:00There is an alternative, one that I found many yea...There is an alternative, one that I found many years ago to be quite effective in avoiding the political side of NEJM articles. I simply stopped reading it. I can find the same or better medical articles without the political overtones in many other journals and throw-away medical newspapersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-65743090741999761352012-11-27T21:25:18.973-06:002012-11-27T21:25:18.973-06:00Interesting points, although I'm not sure I co...Interesting points, although I'm not sure I completely agree. Consider that maybe we (as a profession and general community) have tended to stay too focused on reading and publishing the best science of medicine that we have failed to take so many other aspects of our profession into account. So much so that others have done it around us. You may be right, that this was done to keep Ryan Madanick, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13173060953018106209noreply@blogger.com