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The patient’s perspective: What are they so excited about?
"..a great cutting-edge idea!” – Robert Dellavalle MD, PhD, MSPH
“a welcome idea that chimes well with other initiatives
around the world - this is a great idea from JMCR” – Professor Robert Hunter BSc, MBChB, MD, FRCPsych
“a great addition to JMCR” – Christian A. Koch, MD, PhD, FACP, FACE
“..a fantastic idea… looking forward to see how it develops” - Jean Karl Soler MD MSc MMCFD
What are our Associate Editors so excited about? Well, we are pleased to announce that Journal of Medical Case Reports has now opened its doors to accepting case reports with comments from the patient in question. The 'Patient's perspective' feature is a simple way to add another dimension to a case report. We think inviting the patient to comment on their condition, course of treatment or even providing some background on their daily activities will add an extra layer of detail to the case report.
'Patient's perspectives' are of course also welcome in JMCR's new sister publication, Cases Journal, edited by Richard Smith.
By including patient-written narratives, we aim to capture information about each patient's case that would otherwise be lost.
If you would like to be among the first to publish a case report with your patient then please follow our instructions and submit online. All accepted case reports will be indexed in PubMed Central.
Posted by Miriam Kingsley at 10:31 Comments (1)
I regularly visit one of the (now many) Forums at PatientsLikeMe (PLM). I've just left a posting to alert one of their communities about JMCR. (Hopefully, the PLM staff might include word about this on their blog which covers all of the conditions they are currently focusing on.
On a number of previous occasions ay PLM I've posted about Open Access so something like JMCR is a perfect follow on.
Well done Richard and all others involved !!
Graham Steel
Posted by Graham Steel on May 14, 2008 at 02:57 PM BST #