With Retirement Of NEJM’s Editor, Doctors See A Chance For Prestigious Journal To Adjust Course

As Dr. Jeffrey Drazen steps down from the post he held for 18 years, doctors weigh in on changes they'd like to see rather than having it be a place to publish the "most important'' studies. “The main job of journals will not be to disseminate science but to ‘speak truth to power,’ encourage debate, campaign, investigate and agenda-set — the same job as the mass media,''said Dr. Richard Smith.

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