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A New Venture

PEGGY C. FERRY, MD

Am J Dis Child. 1991;145(3):255.

Abstract
Medicine can no longer insist on dealing only with issues that relate to health and disease. Our educational, practice, and research efforts take place in a societal milieu that both reflects what we do and comments on it. Ethical, economic, social, and legal issues abound in society and affect us directly or indirectly. AJDC has attempted to reflect these societal trends and influences by accepting or soliciting articles, editorials, letters, and commentaries on such topics. As Dr Ferry indicates in the following editorial, AJDC now is prepared to formalize one of these sets of issues, the legal environment in which we exist. As she states, this new department will be broad-based, not narrowly focused on any single issue. Articles will highlight some of the major legal issues in our communities. We look forward both to the inclusion of such information in the pages of our journal and to your responses as involved readers.—V.A.F.

Author Affiliations
Department of Pediatrics University of Arizona Health Science Center 1501 N Campbell Tucson, AZ 85724

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