2 DECEMBER 2019
By David Tuller, DrPH
Last last month, I resent Dr Fiona Godlee
a letter criticizing BMJ’s decision to republish the Lightning Process study with the same findings. The first iteration, in July, was signed by 55 scientists, clinicians and other experts. This version was signed by more than 70 experts and over 60 patient and advocacy organizations. After I sent the previous version,
more than a dozen of the signatories followed up with letters of their own to Dr Godlee.
Below are two more recent ones. The first is from my Berkeley colleague, infectious disease professor emeritus John Swartzberg, who is also editorial director of the Berkeley Wellness Letter and BerkeleyWellness.com. The second is from Dr Susan Taylor-Brown, a retired pediatrician at Golisano Children’s Hospital at the University of Rochester.
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Dear Dr. Godlee,
Thank you for your efforts in maintaining the high quality of the BMJ. I am a professor in the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley. As editor of the UC Berkeley Health and Wellness Publications, I appreciate how difficult it is to uphold the highest standards of journalistic integrity................................
