Up to 90 off textbooks at amazon canada plus free two day shipping for six months when you sign up for amazon prime for students. Medical journals which many imagine to be as dull as telephone directories and twice as obscure influence the lives of everybody and not always for the better not only do they affect how doctors. The article offers views on the relevance of medical journals and the ethical problems with regards to peer reviews and its relationship with the mass media it infers that medical journals are reflective of both the values of science and journalism some of the problems facing such journals include research fraud and its poor ethical acceptability of what they publish accession 22535014 . 1 j r soc med 2006 mar993115 9 the trouble with medical journals smith r1 author information 1richardswsmithyahoocouk pmcid pmc1383755 pmid 16508048 indexed for medline. The trouble with medical journals by smith richard 2006 paperback books amazonca skip to main contentca hello select your address books hello sign in account lists account returns orders cart all gift cards best sellers prime gift ideas new