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BMJ (previously BMJ Group, rebranded in 2013), is a global healthcare knowledge provider of journals, clinical decision support, medical education and intelligent software tools. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Medical Association. Established in 1840 with the publication of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Journal (later the first edition of the British Medical Journal), it is now a fully commercial organisation with about 550 staff and offices based in 7 locations around the world including North America, South America, Europe, India and China. BMJ’s mission statement is:
BMJ is a global academic publisher providing a wide range of evidence-based medicine products in print, online and at events, to healthcare professionals and institutional clients: academic institutions, governments and Ministries of Health, healthcare providers and medical societies. It offers the medical community a comprehensive information support system that improves patient outcomes and the decisions people make every day. The company also offers many other products for clinicians, such as BMJ Careers and BMJ Learning. BMJ's products and services also extend to offer rights and licensing, and targeted advertising and sponsorship opportunities for pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, recruiters, and the general medical community. == BMJ major publications == * 1840: Provincial Medical and Surgical Journal (later renamed the British Medical Journal) first published * 1847: James Simpson uses the journal to publicise chloroform, which paved the way for modern anesthetic techniques * 1867: Joseph Lister publishes his introduction to the concept of antiseptic in wound healing〔("Sir Joseph Lister on the Antiseptic Management of Wounds" BMJ. 1893;1:379 )〕 * 1950: Richard Doll publishes his discovery of the link between tobacco consumption and lung cancer〔(Sir Richard Peto FrS and Dame Valerie Beral FrS. The Royal Society. "Sir Richard Doll CH OBE: Biography" 2010; 10.1098/rsbm.2010.0019 )〕 * 1958: Alice Stewart publishes her study of the risks of low-level radiation〔(Mole, R. H. (1 May 1982). "Hanford radiation study". British Journal of Industrial Medicine (London: BMJ Publishing) 39 (2): pp 200–202. doi:10.1136/oem.39.2.200. ISSN 0007-1072. PMC 1008976. PMID 7066239. )〕 * 1995: First website for The (BMJ.com ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「BMJ (company)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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