Duty to Publish

To publish or not to publish: that is the question?

Each manuscript received by JACC is sent out to two or more reviewers and is also reviewed by the Editor (or Associate Editor) to whom it is assigned. Each Tuesday morning at our weekly Editors’ meetings, manuscripts are reviewed relative to suitability for publication. We always have more manuscripts with good reviews than we can publish. Such manuscripts are prioritized, thus resulting in the...

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How to Publish Privately

In a world overwhelmed by constant data creation and manipulation, where privacy is becoming a real concern, topics like data usage control, accountability, provenance, protected sharing of resources and trustworthiness of knowledge sources are becoming main topics of discussion among communities of interest. In this paper enhancements are proposed for an existing framework that tackles some of...

Permission to Publish

• You can submit your corrections online or by fax. • For online submission please insert your corrections in the online correction form. Always indicate the line number to which the correction refers. • Please return your proof together with the permission to publish confirmation. • For fax submission, please ensure that your corrections are clearly legible. Use a fine black pen and write the ...

The duty to protect.

Privilege and confidentiality are central to the physician–patient relationship. These concepts are protected by law in almost all jurisdictions (1,2). Breaches of confidentiality have long been considered unethical and, in many situations, actionable. In this regard, physicians have been governed by their standards of practice, by the regulations of their professional colleges, and in many jur...