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High-impact medical journals and peace: a history of involvement

The aim of this study is to explore the positions of five leading general medical journals (The Lancet, British Medical Journal - BMJ, Journal of American Medical Association - JAMA, New England Journal of Medicine, and Annals of Internal Medicine) towards the issues of collective violence. We calculated the proportion of war-related articles in the total number of articles published in these five high-impact journals, and in the total number of articles indexed in PubMed during the last 60 years. The results showed a continuous increase in the proportion of war-related articles. Our findings suggest that the leading general medical journals have taken an active editorial stance towards the issues of war and peace. We conclude that high-impact medical journals can make an important contribution to efforts aimed at reducing the risks and consequences of war and violence.

war; peace; medical journals

Rad je prikazan na međunarodnom simpoziju "Educating Health Workers for Peace" u Tromsu, Norveška, 13.-15. lipnja 2007.