![]() ![]() Ian Forgacs kicks off with a sorry tale of how he shed his principles and seat at the high table of The Medical Committee Against Private Practice to pocket the private shilling ( p. The choices of our correspondents are revealing. The brief for our writers was to choose a topic that they believe to be an elephant in our consulting rooms, on ward rounds or in the arena of health policy-something so big, bothersome and probably pungent that nobody dares talk about it. This issue features a special section that explores the inconvenient truths in the world of medicine and health care, with particular focus on the UK. And in the true spirit of any self-respecting publication, which is fully prepared to accept a great idea when hit in the face, the JRSM is borrowing that idea and adapting it. ![]() They expose us to an inconvenient truth, a phrase that Gore coined with his lectures, film and campaign about climate change. ![]() They expose us to something that Al Gore, the man who could have been president had it not been for a quirk of arithmetic, would have approved of. But is your dogma prepared to learn new tricks? It should be-at least, that is the conclusion of Faina Linkov, Mita Lovalekar and Ronald LaPorte, who have decided to ruin the festive season by shattering our faith in peer review-and more importantly, in scientific journals generally ( pp. Do you believe? Or do you consider that everything you once believed in is without foundation? In that case, how strong was your faith in the first place? Did you believe because that is what you were taught to do? This would be true for many of us who read medical journals. This is the season to reconsider your faith. ![]()
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