BMJ (company)
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| Parent company | British Medical Association |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1840 |
| Defunct | Template:Wikidata |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters location | London |
| Publication types | Medical journals |
| Official website | bmjgroup |
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BMJ Group is a British publisher of medical journals, and healthcare knowledge provider of clinical decision tools, online educational resources, and events. Established in 1840, the company is owned by the British Medical Association.
Publications
- 1840: Provincial Medical and Surgical Journal (later renamed the British Medical Journal) first published
- 1847: James Simpson uses the journal to publicise chloroform, which paved the way for modern anaesthetic techniques
- 1867: Joseph Lister publishes his introduction to the concept of antiseptic in wound healing[1]
- 1950: Richard Doll publishes his discovery of the link between tobacco consumption and lung cancer[2]
- 1958: Alice Stewart publishes her study of the risks of low-level radiation[3]
- 1995: First website
Campaigns
- 1865–71: Baby farming – BMJ was largely responsible for the Infant Life Protection Act of 1872, directed against the lucrative practice of baby farming. The BMJ led a series of exposures which forced an inquiry into the state of London's work-house infirmaries.[4]Template:Third-party inline
See also
- BMJ Open
- BMJ academic journals
- Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association, of which BMJ is a member
- BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lister, J (1893). "Sir Joseph Lister on the Antiseptic Management of Wounds". BMJ. 1 (1677): 379. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.1677.379. PMC 2402647.
- ^ Sir Richard Peto FrS and Dame Valerie Beral FrS. The Royal Society. "Sir Richard Doll CH OBE: Biography" 2010; 10.1098/rsbm.2010.0019 Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mole, RH (May 1982). "Hanford radiation study". Br J Ind Med. 39 (2): 200–2. doi:10.1136/oem.39.2.200. PMC 1008976. PMID 7066239.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Taylor, J. (24 June 1871). "Baby farming". BMJ. 1 (547): 676. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.547.676-a. S2CID 220176070.
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