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Listing on Medical Databases

Listing on Medical Databases audience to submit research afticles of a higher published standard that would formerly have been Acupuncture elsewhere because of our lack of listing. lt necessitates also, an evaluation ofthe role of this Journal. performed Acupuncture in Medicine has several in Medicine roles. lt has been a campaiSning instrument, advertising the benefits of medical acupuncture to OF THE BRITISH MEDICAL IOURNAL provided our colleagues. lt has an organ of ACUPUNCTURE SOCIETY publication for controlled trials and articles about scientific acupuncture. And it has been a news NOV 199s VOL Xlll No.2 magazine for members of the British Medical Acupuncture Society. The first role is nearly fedundant, although we will provide continue for the time beinS to free copies to postgraduate part and university libraries as of our joined charitable function. Over 1,300 doctors have the society, many more have attended acupuncture courses and, in recent experience, it is rare to find a CP who does not accept acupuncture as a beneficial form of treatr.ent. The sole remaining campaigning function is to encourage the notion that acupuncture is a cost effective method of reducing hospitaJ Editorial Board referrals and is worthy of financial support within (Crra;rman) Dr simon Hayhoe practice. general The only way to do this is to Dr Peter Baldry, Dr Alan DrAdam ward rilshie, Dr Ghnt, lacky publish (audit, page comparative figwes II2). Production The second is likely to become more important Aftline Communication Craphics, Elnree, Herts with an increasing awareness of research Printed by techniques; the BMAS has a research committee Caprin Printe6, St- Albans, Herts, eager to advise on protocols and practical problems. on environnrenta ly fiiendly, chlorine free paper. The ha. had some measurp of pcer rcvie\ lournal for several years, but this has now bgen formalised Administrative Officer 8MAS, Newton House, Newton Lane, Lower Whitley, and is applied wiih greater rigor. None tne ress, our Watrin8ton, WA4 4jA Cheshire. intention in peer review is io brinS papers up to Iel:01925 730727 Fax:01925 730492 standard for publication rather than to reject them. This has meant delay in publishing sometimes, but the benefits are clear. The BMAS is biased towafds a practice ot acupuncture applying western medical Editorial logic; so is our Despite this, we have a Journal. policy of encouraging articles on TCM techniques (as opposed to theory), as these have withstood the test of time and form the base fof scientific Lisling on medical dalabases evaluation. Modern applications such as How often has it been said that the best way to publish microsystems and lasers need to be discussed, so increase medical usa8e of acupuncture is to playing there will continue to be a place for these too in randomised controlled trials. we are at last part: the despite their controversial nature our there are four in this issue. At last, also, iournal, (letters, publication page 120). there is no need to seek of acupLrncture journals, Finally, the audit and case history sections are a articles in other as we will in tuture be popular part the in which we use material featured on the major medical databases. of Journal from the routine work of general practice and Specifically: we are already on AAMed from the culled hospital. This function of the in providing a British Library and CISCOM from the Research iournal place to publish the views, problems and triumphs Council for Complementary Med;cine; now the members has been criticised as will be on.Elsevier's Embase from 1996 and of our sometir.es lournal past we regard all controlled trials, including those from issues, unscienti{ic. But they are sections that as particularly will be listed on Medline. Thus abstracts of our enriching to the as they are not Journal, read, very useful purpose articles will be readily available to seekers oi merely fun to but serve a postgraduate what is goinB in medical knowledge at their local Iibrary, from in examininB actually on As our correspondents remarks, ICMART in Vienna O013.1.8131828), ot via acupuncture. one of fFaxr "Observed pales clinical benefit in the absence of side the internet 66 and 97). fartlclei, is a stronq encouraqement to clinicians". This acceptance onto the medical databases effecfs you presentation I hope the content of this issue encouraSes as indicates that content and has reached much as the editorial team. an internationally acceptable level; but more vitally, it Simon Hayhoe should encourage authors aiminS for an international Acupu nctu re in Med ic ine Nov 1995 Vol 13 No.2 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acupuncture in Medicine SAGE

Listing on Medical Databases

Acupuncture in Medicine , Volume 13 (2): 1 – Nov 1, 1995

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© 1995 British Medical Acupuncutre Society
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0964-5284
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1759-9873
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10.1136/aim.13.2.65
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audience to submit research afticles of a higher published standard that would formerly have been Acupuncture elsewhere because of our lack of listing. lt necessitates also, an evaluation ofthe role of this Journal. performed Acupuncture in Medicine has several in Medicine roles. lt has been a campaiSning instrument, advertising the benefits of medical acupuncture to OF THE BRITISH MEDICAL IOURNAL provided our colleagues. lt has an organ of ACUPUNCTURE SOCIETY publication for controlled trials and articles about scientific acupuncture. And it has been a news NOV 199s VOL Xlll No.2 magazine for members of the British Medical Acupuncture Society. The first role is nearly fedundant, although we will provide continue for the time beinS to free copies to postgraduate part and university libraries as of our joined charitable function. Over 1,300 doctors have the society, many more have attended acupuncture courses and, in recent experience, it is rare to find a CP who does not accept acupuncture as a beneficial form of treatr.ent. The sole remaining campaigning function is to encourage the notion that acupuncture is a cost effective method of reducing hospitaJ Editorial Board referrals and is worthy of financial support within (Crra;rman) Dr simon Hayhoe practice. general The only way to do this is to Dr Peter Baldry, Dr Alan DrAdam ward rilshie, Dr Ghnt, lacky publish (audit, page comparative figwes II2). Production The second is likely to become more important Aftline Communication Craphics, Elnree, Herts with an increasing awareness of research Printed by techniques; the BMAS has a research committee Caprin Printe6, St- Albans, Herts, eager to advise on protocols and practical problems. on environnrenta ly fiiendly, chlorine free paper. The ha. had some measurp of pcer rcvie\ lournal for several years, but this has now bgen formalised Administrative Officer 8MAS, Newton House, Newton Lane, Lower Whitley, and is applied wiih greater rigor. None tne ress, our Watrin8ton, WA4 4jA Cheshire. intention in peer review is io brinS papers up to Iel:01925 730727 Fax:01925 730492 standard for publication rather than to reject them. This has meant delay in publishing sometimes, but the benefits are clear. The BMAS is biased towafds a practice ot acupuncture applying western medical Editorial logic; so is our Despite this, we have a Journal. policy of encouraging articles on TCM techniques (as opposed to theory), as these have withstood the test of time and form the base fof scientific Lisling on medical dalabases evaluation. Modern applications such as How often has it been said that the best way to publish microsystems and lasers need to be discussed, so increase medical usa8e of acupuncture is to playing there will continue to be a place for these too in randomised controlled trials. we are at last part: the despite their controversial nature our there are four in this issue. At last, also, iournal, (letters, publication page 120). there is no need to seek of acupLrncture journals, Finally, the audit and case history sections are a articles in other as we will in tuture be popular part the in which we use material featured on the major medical databases. of Journal from the routine work of general practice and Specifically: we are already on AAMed from the culled hospital. This function of the in providing a British Library and CISCOM from the Research iournal place to publish the views, problems and triumphs Council for Complementary Med;cine; now the members has been criticised as will be on.Elsevier's Embase from 1996 and of our sometir.es lournal past we regard all controlled trials, including those from issues, unscienti{ic. But they are sections that as particularly will be listed on Medline. Thus abstracts of our enriching to the as they are not Journal, read, very useful purpose articles will be readily available to seekers oi merely fun to but serve a postgraduate what is goinB in medical knowledge at their local Iibrary, from in examininB actually on As our correspondents remarks, ICMART in Vienna O013.1.8131828), ot via acupuncture. one of fFaxr "Observed pales clinical benefit in the absence of side the internet 66 and 97). fartlclei, is a stronq encouraqement to clinicians". This acceptance onto the medical databases effecfs you presentation I hope the content of this issue encouraSes as indicates that content and has reached much as the editorial team. an internationally acceptable level; but more vitally, it Simon Hayhoe should encourage authors aiminS for an international Acupu nctu re in Med ic ine Nov 1995 Vol 13 No.2

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