Doctor, did you wash your hands?

Doctor, did you wash your hands?

Rodrigues LA, Kachala SS, Adusumilli PS. Doctor, did you wash your hands?  The National Medical Journal of India. 2010; 23:111-12 This communication talks about the historical event where the Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmleweis, in 1847, discovered that something as simple as handwashing between examining / delivering pregnant women, eliminated fatal…
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Duplicate publication: What an editor can do?

Duplicate publication: What an editor can do?

Sunil Dogra, Savita Yadav Duplicate publication: What an editor can do? Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2010;76:99-102 The authors explain what "Duplicate publication" in medical journals is all about and discuss how editors, peer reviewers and authors should deal with this serious issue. From simple actions like sensitizing authors through…
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