美国医学会杂志

JAMA是享誉世界的综合性医学周刊(www.ama.org/public/journals/jama),月发行量十几万份. 其网络版做得朴实无华,与新英格兰医学杂志之华丽无法比较. 主页为排列式文字链接. 其网络版突出之处设有最近新闻一栏. 美国医学会下辖十几个医学专业期刊,该栏将JAMA和其他各期刊上最重要文章的摘要收入其中,基本可反映美国医学界的主要学术动态. JAMA在线期刊不仅提供本周出版的JAMA目录和文摘,还提供下周即将出版期的目录和文摘. 该刊还设有医学继续教育栏,对年轻医师的成长是一种非常有益的辅导和帮助. 该刊还设有适于学生阅读文章的链接,颇有新意. 非常遗憾的是该网络版中过刊仅从1995年至今,似乎少了一些. 该刊网页较新颖的是将全世界主要期刊中有关老年医学的文章汇集于一起. 进入该栏,可看到一幅世界地图,按六大区分别设六个键,北美部分最为丰富,大约收录有上百个杂志,文章甚多. 亚洲和澳洲共为一部分,其中收录有中国《中华医学杂志》的三篇文章,中国台北《台湾医学会杂志》的文章也被收录. 这对从事老年医学的医生和学者非常方便,每种杂志均注明了主编及各杂志编辑部地址、电话、传真,若需联系随即可得. JAMA网页也附有一个投稿须知,较详细地说明并告诉作者,若所投文章中无图、表的话,即可通过E-mail传递文章,大大缩短了文章发表时间. 另外,JAMA网络版还设有广告刊例,详细说明广告位置、大小与价格的关系. 从该刊网页看,插有小块与医学有关的广告,广告收入对维持发展在线期刊是非常重要的. JAMA与新英格兰医学杂志相比,显得小气,仅有文摘而不提供任何全文. (许昌泰摘)     

The law, the AMA, and partial-birth abortion. American Medical Association.

The three articles by Dr. Gans Epner, Drs. Sprang and Neerhof, and Dr. Grimes centered around the issue that criminal laws against so-called partial-birth abortion go beyond banning any one abortion procedure or just "late-term" procedures. It is noted that even the authors gave different definitions of "late term". In addition, neither the phrase "late term" nor "intact dilation" and evacuation is present or defined in any of the partial-birth abortion laws passed in 27 states or in the federal bill. Evidence shows that 17 courts across the US have blocked partial-birth abortion laws as unconstitutional, finding such laws could, at any point in a pregnancy, outlaw an abortion performed using the most common and safest procedures. In these terms, the endorsement of the federal partial-birth abortion law by the American Medical Association gave credibility to the deception that partial-birth abortion legislation is a ban on the intact dilation and extraction procedure. Moreover, it has endorsed government intrusion in a private medical decision and sanctioned a law that subjects physicians to criminal prosecution for providing necessary health care.