RT Journal
A1 Henahan JF
T1 THis st patrick's day finds no lack of controversy at irish medical journal
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 1989
FD March 17
VO 261
IS 11
SP 1543
OP 1549
DO 10.1001/jama.1989.03420110017003
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1989.03420110017003
AB THE IRISH MEDICAL JOURNAL (IMJ) died in December 1987 and, by most accounts, it was not a pleasant death. The reasons for its sudden and traumatic demise—and recent resurrection—are many and conflicting, depending on the source.Death for the medical monthly came after a distinguished and uninterrupted 50 years of publication. It had gained the reputation both inside and outside the Republic of Ireland as the authentic scientific and medical forum for the country's physicians.What actually killed the journal was a vote taken in October 1987 at the annual meeting in Kilkenny of the Irish Medical Organization (IMO). The IMO, which publishes the journal, is a physician's trade union dedicated to ensuring the professional and economic status of its members.The organization's treasurer delivered a report that indicated that the journal was deeply in the red and that its future looked bleak. Although only a small minority of the