O'Keefe John P
Canadian Dental Association.
J Am Coll Dent. 2003;70(3):29-33.
The editor in chief of the Journal of the Canadian Dental Association explains that professional journalism alone cannot be expected to protect against questionable practice but it plays a vital role in the network of resources that define standards of excellent and ethical care. According to some, the explosion of biomedical information has created a crisis as emerging science overwhelms practitioners' capacity to intelligently evaluate it and incorporate it into practice. Research in medicine shows that journals play only a part in decisions regarding practice patterns. Some initiatives taken by the Canadian Dental Association to publish professional literature relevant to practitioners' needs to remain current in order to prevent questionable dental practice are described.
《加拿大牙科协会杂志》主编解释说，不能仅指望专业新闻报道来防范有问题的做法，但它在界定优质和符合道德规范护理标准的资源网络中发挥着至关重要的作用。一些人认为，生物医学信息的爆炸引发了一场危机，因为新兴科学超出了从业者明智评估并将其应用于实践的能力。医学研究表明，期刊在实践模式决策中只起一部分作用。文中描述了加拿大牙科协会为出版与从业者需求相关的专业文献所采取的一些举措，以便跟上时代步伐，防止出现有问题的牙科诊疗行为。
