The Future of Annals
Authors: Frank Davidoff
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1995)

Editorials1 March 1995The Future of AnnalsFrank Davidoff, MDFrank Davidoff, MDSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-122-5-199503010-00009 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Annals of Internal Medicine is the principal “voice” of internal medicine. My challenge as its new Editor will be to help move Annals from its present level of excellence to new heights. The word “help” is correct because the task is enormous and will involve many people, including, of course, not only the superb Annals editors and staff but also our readers and authors. The crystal ball is cloudy (as usual), but I see four different outlines for an Annals of the future: as science and scholarship, as clinical medicine, as a medical publication, and as an institution.Perhaps more ...References1. Stevens R. The curious career of internal medicine: Functional ambivalence, social success. In: Maulitz RC, Long DE. Grand Rounds: One Hundred Years of Internal Medicine. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press; 1988: 339-64. Google Scholar2. Thomas L. The Medusa and the Snail: More Notes of a Biology Watcher. New York: Viking Press; 1979:73-4. Google Scholar3. Stoeckle JD, Ronan L, Ehrlich C, Roberts D. The uses of shadowing the doctor—and patient: on seeing and hearing their work of care. J Gen Intern Med. 1993; 8:561-3. Google Scholar4. Audet AM, Greenfield S, Field M. Medical practice guidelines: current activities and future directions. Ann Intern Med. 1990; 113:709-14. Google Scholar5. Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group. Evidence-based medicine: a new approach in the teaching of medicine. JAMA. 1992; 268:2420-5. Google Scholar6. Chalmers I. The Cochrane Collaboration: preparing, maintaining, and disseminating systematic reviews of the effects of health care. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1993; 703:156-63. Google Scholar7. Shorter E. Doctors and Their Patients: A Social History. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers; 1990. Google Scholar8. Cassell EJ. The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine. New York: Oxford University Press; 1991. Google Scholar9. Sontag S. Illness as Metaphor. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 1978. Google Scholar10. Gertis M, Edgman-Levitan S, Daley J, Delbanco T, eds. Through the Patient's Eyes: Understanding and Promoting Patient-Centered Care. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass; 1993. Google Scholar11. Jacobs J. Systems of Survival: A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and Politics. New York: Vintage Books; 1992. Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byEvidence‐based librarianship: the EBL processA critical appraisal of evidence-based medicine: some ethical considerationsEditor's WorldFrank Davidoff, MD, Editor 1 March 1995Volume 122, Issue 5Page: 375-376KeywordsEvidence based medicineForecastingGastric ulcersHealth information technologyInfectious diseasesNeurosurgeryPeer reviewPopulation statisticsReasoningSub-specialty care Issue Published: 1 March 1995 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 1995 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...