Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde
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Paper journals--and books--will continue to exist, despite the digital revolution. Electronic media are superior for storage and retrieval of information, but far less so for intellectual digestion. ⋯ Recently, a curator and a professional librarian were appointed. Part of the Society's assets have been transferred to a special fund for the support of projects on the borderline between medicine and other disciplines, such as history, philosophy, sociology and art.
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Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd · May 2000
Editorial[Terminologia anatomica: a new reference work for anatomy].
The Nomina anatomica (6th edition in 1989) was the standard anatomical nomenclature until recently. It has been succeeded by the Terminologia anatomica (TA) by resolution of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists in 1999. By now the TA has been published as a book and on cd-rom. ⋯ The use of eponyms is discouraged, but a list of well-known ones is appended to facilitate accessibility of older literature. Relevant suggestions about amendments are eagerly awaited and a broad basis of endorsement among the medical scientific world is hoped for. This journal will adopt the TA/IAT from now on as the work of reference regarding anatomical terms.
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Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd · Dec 1998
Editorial Comment[Who is the author and why? Will the scientific authorship be revised?].
There is much ado about medical and scientific authorship. The criteria for authorship as stated by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors are debated. For readers, reviewers and editors it is of importance to know who is accountable and responsible for the contents of published articles. ⋯ This discussion has not come to a conclusion yet, but some journals (Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), British Medical Journal (BMJ), The Lancet) have already begun to publish the contribution(s) of individual authors (as stated by the authors themselves) at the end of their articles. The editors of the Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde (Dutch Journal of Medicine) are also going to ask for the authors' contributions from January 1, 1999 and intend to publish them later on in the year in the same way as The Lancet does. The maximum number of 6 authors that is allowed now, may be lapsed since the contributions of all authors will be known.