E-drug: Offer of medical journals (cont'd)
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Dear e-druggers,
This message is for those who replied to my offer of medical
journals (18/6/2001). I would like to know whether last week's
decision about free electronic access to about 1000 medical
journals to institutions in poor countries affects your need of paper
copies. As I've been contacted by several institutions, am I right in
assuming that those institutions will benefit from this new
development and are therefore in lesser need of paper versions of
the journals? I also assume that institutions also have adequate
printing facilities and also because of this their need is less than
that of health workers in remote areas. Please note that the main
journal that my colleagues and I will be able to offer is the British
Medical Journal (free on-line to anyone, from Jan 1994 issue). A
few of my colleagues may offer The Lancet (which should be one of
the journals that are going to be offered for free to poor countries)
and I can offer the NEJM (which doesn't seem will be on offer
electronically, at least in the near future). I am trying to
accommodate the requests I have received but I would like to
prioritise them in a fair and rational way.
Valeria
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Dr. Valeria Frighi
Diabetes Trials Unit
Radcliffe Infirmary
Woodstock Road
Oxford OX2 6HE
UK
tel. -44-1865-228422
fax -44-1865-224584
e-mail valeria.frighi@dtu.ox.ac.uk
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