Nephrology Forum (eBook)

J.J. Cohen, J.T. Harrington, J.P. Kassirer (Herausgeber)

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2012
Springer New York (Verlag)
978-1-4612-5465-2 (ISBN)

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A few years ago, as the editor of Kidney International, I was ap- proached by Drs. Cohen, Kassirer, and Harrington who suggested that a new feature should be included in each monthly issue of the journal. They suggested that it should employ a case discussion format such as that used frequently at specialty rounds in teaching hospitals, and that the discussion should place a special emphasis on the relationship between basic science and important problems in clinical nephrology. The summary of an actual patient history would first be presented to exemplify a particular clinical problem, a seasoned person of proven expertise would be invited to deliver a well-documented analysis of the relevant issues, and perhaps most ambitiously of all, a critical audience would be assembled to challenge the principal discussant in an open- ended, question-and-answer period. The entire affair would be recorded at the time of the live conference and transcribed subse- quently in preparation for publication as a "e;Nephrology Forum. "e; I must confess that I was somewhat hesitant at first to endorse their proposal because, at the time, Kidney International had just begun to establish a solid reputation for the publication of high quality, peer- reviewed manuscripts dealing with the clinical and laboratory research interests of the international nephrological community.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.12.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Nephrologie
• ISBN-10: 1-4612-5465-5 / 1461254655
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4612-5465-2 / 9781461254652