What is this thing we do?

What is this thing called somnolence?

cancer diagnosis disclosure: what is the right thing to do?

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What is this duplicate publication thing?

One of the commonest queries I receive as Editor-in-Chief is whether a submission can be accepted when the author's message is already known. The paper may have been presented at meetings a couple of times and might even have appeared in abstract form. Can we, as a journal, go ahead and publish without eyebrows being raised and the accusation of duplicate publication being made? The story start...

What is this thing they call research?

What is this thing called pain?

To paraphrase Cole Porter's famous 1926 song, "What is this thing called pain? This funny thing called pain, just who can solve its mystery?" Pain, like love, is all consuming: when you have it, not much else matters, and there is nothing you can do about it. Unlike love, however, we are actually beginning to tease apart the mystery of pain. The substantial progress made over the last decade in...