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Lawrence Grouse, MD, PhD; Tom Rockwell, MD

JAMA. 1985;253(17):2558-2559.

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The American Medical Association's (AMA) national television series for physicians, "Medicine Today," premiered on Jan 6, 1985. This broadcast was part of the launch of Lifetime Medical Television's "Doctors' Sunday," a mini-network providing a full day of programs for physicians each week on the Lifetime cable television network. "Medicine Today" is a half-hour program of medical news and commentary that can be seen each week as a part of "Physicians' Journal Update," a review of the medical literature.

"Medicine Today" represents an important step by physicians in using the immediacy and power of television to advance the practice of medicine in this country. It provides rapid and personal communication between physicians; it establishes a collegial forum, devoted to issues and information that affect physicians; and it improves the dissemination of information about advances in medical research to the profession.

The content of "Medicine Today" is derived from the journals, the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Lifetime Medical Television Los Angeles

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