RT Article
T1 BMJ response to Dr. Gupta
JF Journal of medical ethics
VO 22
IS 4
SP 245
OP 246
A1 Craft, Naomi
A1 Smith, Richard L. ca. 20./21. Jh.
LA English
PB BMJ Publ.
YR 1996
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1816114359
AB We sent a questionnaire survey to a random sample of 125 correspondents to the BMJ who had previously sent a letter which had been rejected. The objective was to evaluate the policy of sending on some unpublished letters to the authors of the articles to which they referred. There were 94 replies, a response rate of 75%. The key finding was that although most respondents agreed with the policy, a third thought it unconstructive. A quarter of the respondents said that the BMJ policy would discourage them from sending a letter to the journal for publication. This survey has led to a change of policy at the BMJ. Letters which are not published are not now sent on to the authors of the original articles.
DO 10.1136/jme.22.4.245