 
3/27/2003 Major Changes to AAPS Peer-Reviewed Journal --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. AAPS peer-reviewed journal is now JOURNAL OF AMERICAN PHYSICIANS &
SURGEONS. 2. JP&S mission still
hard-hitting. 3. Members receive free in mail and
online. Non-member may
subscribe. 4. Sponsor a library, hospital or medical
society subscription. 5. Join AAPS or sign up for
members-only
section of the website. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AAPS JOURNAL IS NOW THE
JOURNAL OF AMERICAN PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS We are excited to announce some
important changes to our peer-reviewed journal – changes made in response to
member feedback and suggestions in our recent Member Benefits
survey. First, it is no longer called the
Medical Sentinel. Beginning with
the current issue, Spring 2003 (Volume 8, No.1), the new name is the Journal of American Physicians and
Surgeons, or JP&S. We
believe this more accurately represents the organization as a non-partisan
professional association. Founding editor, Miguel Faria, M.D.,
has stepped down, but the JP&S will be lead by a dynamic and most capable
new editor – Lawrence Huntoon, M.D. Ph.D., a contributor to many scholarly
journals. Many of you are familiar
with Dr. Huntoon’s outrageous sense of humor as reflected in his series of
cartoons, “Blue Bunglers,” lampooning CMS bureaucrats. You may email stories and comments
to Dr. Huntoon at [email protected] In addition to the new name, we have
revamped the journal’s design to better reflect the future editorial direction
of the JP&S. We have eliminated
the news capsules that tend to be old news by the time a quarterly journal is
published, and reduced the political commentary in favor of more articles of a scientific nature,
particularly if they are relevant to contemporary policy debates. For example, the lead article
in this issue by Mark and David Geier on thimerosal in childhood
vaccines is very timely.
JOURNAL’S
“…a commitment to publishing
scholarly articles in defense of the practice of private medicine, the pursuit
of integrity in medical research…Political correctness, dogmatism and orthodoxy
will be challenged with logical reasoning, valid data and the scientific
method.” And all articles will be subject to
stringent peer review. Based on
your survey comments, we believe these changes will help us to fulfill that
mission. MEMBERS CONTINUE TO
RECEIVE FREE The quarterly issue of JP&S will
continue as a member benefit, included in your annual dues. Non-members may subscribe at the rate of
$45 a year. The first issue under the JP&S
will be posted in its entirety at www.aapsonline.org. We have also created a new web site
devoted exclusively to the JP&S, which will allow for extended discussions
of controversial issues. That
address is www.jpands.org. Full articles in subsequent issues will
be available online in the members-only section of the
website. SPONSOR A LIBRARY OR
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in every library in the country, and distributed to every state and county
medical society. You can help by
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