Medical References

John B. Coppes; Barry R. Paull; David Kaye

doi:10.1056/NEJM197811092991924

Medical References

John B. Coppes, Barry R. Paull, David Kaye

Penn State Law (University Park)

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To the Editor: Dr. Hirschmann's “Sounding Board” discussion of “Medical References” in the August 3 issue of the Journal was most enjoyable. An additional type comes to mind: VI. Referential Familiarity This procedure demonstrates the name-dropping ability of the author who uses the reference, “personal communication.” Frequent use of this ploy allows the author to state that he is conferring with leaders in his field. When combined with Type IA, Referential Incest, it just means that he talks to himself. No extract is available for articles shorter than 400 words.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1081-1082
Number of pages	2
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	299
Issue number	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM197811092991924
State	Published - Nov 9 1978

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Medicine(all)

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