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Dear Readers EDITORIAL HIS IS THE LAST ISSUE, at least for the near Family medicine is a relatively young and very im- future, of the Archives of Family Medicine portant specialty, and we should allow it time to de- (AFM). The difficult decision to cease publi- velop as other specialties have. The $10 million pro- cation of this journal is based on lack of gram instituted by the American Academy of Family T readership, an insufficient number of qual- Physicians to educate and train family physicians to be ity manuscript submissions, and substantial financial losses. researchers as well as clinicians and educators is a laud- Since its inception in 1992, AFM has been offered able initiative that should help insure the advancement free of charge to family physicians, general practition- of research in the field conducted by family physicians. ers, and primary care doctors of osteopathic medicine. We are not giving up the name “Archives of Family Medi- Of the approximately 100 000 physicians who were eli- cine,” and our hope is that sometime in the future we gible to receive the journal, less than 20% requested it. will be able to reinstate this journal. For the past 7 years, we http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Family Medicine American Medical Association

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DeAngelis, Catherine D.
Archives of Family Medicine , Volume 9 (10) – Nov 1, 2000
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EDITORIAL HIS IS THE LAST ISSUE, at least for the near Family medicine is a relatively young and very im- future, of the Archives of Family Medicine portant specialty, and we should allow it time to de- (AFM). The difficult decision to cease publi- velop as other specialties have. The $10 million pro- cation of this journal is based on lack of gram instituted by the American Academy of Family T readership, an insufficient number of qual- Physicians to educate and train family physicians to be...
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American Medical Association
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1063-3987
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1063-3987
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10-1001/pubs.Arch Fam Med.-ISSN-1063-3987-9-10-fed00000
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Abstract

EDITORIAL HIS IS THE LAST ISSUE, at least for the near Family medicine is a relatively young and very im- future, of the Archives of Family Medicine portant specialty, and we should allow it time to de- (AFM). The difficult decision to cease publi- velop as other specialties have. The $10 million pro- cation of this journal is based on lack of gram instituted by the American Academy of Family T readership, an insufficient number of qual- Physicians to educate and train family physicians to be ity manuscript submissions, and substantial financial losses. researchers as well as clinicians and educators is a laud- Since its inception in 1992, AFM has been offered able initiative that should help insure the advancement free of charge to family physicians, general practition- of research in the field conducted by family physicians. ers, and primary care doctors of osteopathic medicine. We are not giving up the name “Archives of Family Medi- Of the approximately 100 000 physicians who were eli- cine,” and our hope is that sometime in the future we gible to receive the journal, less than 20% requested it. will be able to reinstate this journal. For the past 7 years, we

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Published: Nov 1, 2000

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