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hi all even though i've not yet read any of the items below, i have to congratulate JAMA on tackling these issues if our research studies are tainted by bias in any way what is the point of doing them? i am reminded of sailing days in bermuda - i was part of a crew in a regular saturday race - our skipper had a tendency to 'cheat' - i lost interest - a 'victory' or a 'loss' in those circumstances had no meaning for me i say 'our research' deliberately; the work being done contributes to the body of human knowledge which is communal imho, attempts to apply the concepts of capitalism and exclusive ownership to it are misguided and doomed to failure knowledge is us! pie are squared! and aitch two oh! and the canadian dollar (used to) equal(s) seventy-five percent of the us dollar! and the us dollar (used to) equal(s) one hundred and thirty three percent of the canadian dollar! janet ------------------------------------------------ Greetings! 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A Randomized Trial http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v287n21/abs/joc11739.html Comparison of Review Articles Published in Peer-Reviewed and Throwaway Journals http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v287n21/abs/joc11827.html Press Releases: Translating Research Into News http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v287n21/abs/jbr10380.html Media Coverage of Scientific Meetings: Too Much, Too Soon? http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v287n21/abs/joc11828.html E-JOURNALS AND ONLINE INFORMATION Qualitative and Quantitative Measures of Indexed Health Sciences Electronic Journals http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v287n21/abs/joc11736.html Awareness of Sources of Peer-Reviewed Research Evidence on the Internet http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v287n21/abs/joc11825.html Analysis of Cases of Harm Associated With Use of Health Information on the Internet http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v287n21/abs/jrv10093.html ... snipped ... ------------------------------------------------ (c) Copyright 2002, American Medical Association, all rights reserved janet paterson: an akinetic rigid subtype, albeit primarily perky, parky pd: 55/41/37 cd: 55/44/43 tel: 613 256 8340 email: [log in to unmask] smail: 375 Country Street, Almonte, Ontario, Canada, K0A 1A0 a new voice website: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn