''Medicine'' is a continually updated,

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medical Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care practic ...

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covering internal medicine and its specialties. It was established by Simon Campbell-Smith in 1972 and is published by

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. The

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is Allister Vale (

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Scope

The journal aims to cover the fundamentals of internal medicine in a systematic way during a recurring four-year cycle – it can be seen as a general medicine textbook that is published "a chapter at a time". It covers the topics at a level appropriate to the non-specialist, providing clinicians with up-to-date, understandable clinical information. It is aimed specifically at trainees in internal medicine and its specialties who are preparing for postgraduate examinations. The journal is abstracted and indexed by

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and Embase.

Editors-in-chief

The following persons have been editor-in-chief ("chairman of the board") of the journal: * Sir John McMichael FRS (1972–1978) * Sir John Badenoch (1979–1996)Ledingham JGG. Obituary:Sir John Badenoch. ''

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'' 27 Jan 1996 * Alasdair Geddes (1996–2002) * Allister Vale (2003–present)

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.medicinejournal.co.uk/ Internal medicine journals Elsevier academic journals English-language journals Monthly journals Academic journals established in 1972