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To the Editor: We firmly believe that you were correct in saying (Feb. 11 issue)¹ that editors should have the liberty to publish articles or advance the publication of articles that create "a lively forum for exposure and discussion of important issues that involve, even indirectly, health and medicine." However, we must disagree with the application of this logic to the article that you claim resulted in Dr. George Lundberg's dismissal as editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Advancing the publication date of the article in question did not "contribute to the development of public policy." . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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