The WMA is a federation of National Medical Associations (NMA) representing over 8 million physicians in >85 countries around the world. It was founded in 1947 with the mission to “serve humanity by endeavoring to achieve the highest international standards in medical education, medical science, medical care, and medical ethics, and health care for all the people of the world”. Despite the enor...

359 We, the Editors of the Singapore Medical Journal (SMJ) and the Medical Journal of Malaysia (MJM), have noted a number of duplicate submissions to our respective journals over the recent year. This is a dishonest and unethical practice that is deplored by editors of medical and scientific journals. In addition, we feel that punitive measures should be applied to authors found guilty of dupli...

1986 by the Korean Academy of Medical Sciences (KAMS), the Korean Medical Association. The KAMS announces publication of JKMS as an open access journal with non-commercial attribution beginning with Volume 25, 2010. Full texts of its publications are to be e-published and freely available to audiences around the world through its own web page (http://jkms.org), Synapse (http://synapse.koreamed....

Oxford on the 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th of July. The attraction of this famous and picturesque seat of learning, combined with the active preparations which are being made to give its members a heart}' welcome, will ensure for the Association a very successful gathering. No mistake has been made on this occasion regarding the tropical section which has already issued a programme of its proceedi...