Webber Jeanette
Editor, IJPN Chief Nursing Officer, Cancer Relief Macmillan Fund.
Int J Palliat Nurs. 1995 Jan 2;1(1):4. doi: 10.12968/ijpn.1995.1.1.4.
Responses to the launch of a new journal may vary from pleasure and satisfaction, to a total lack of interest or even frustration. 'Oh no, not another journal!', someone will exclaim and, in certain circumstances, this may be a reasonable reaction. However, in the case of the International Journal of Palliative Nursing, it certainly is not. For a variety of reasons, I believe its launch is both timely and appropriate. So, why do we need this journal?