CHENNAI: The open access electronic journal is an indication of how science communication will shape up in the 21st century, K. Srinath Reddy, president, Public Health Foundation of India, said on Saturday.
Delivering the fourth M. V. Arunachalam endowment lecture on `Medical and scientific journalism-A 21st century perspective,' he pointed out that the open access format was gaining wide acceptance as opposed to the user-paid mode of accessing scientific journals.
The open access format, whose advocates include even the United Nations, could become an important tool in people's empowerment and straightening out the asymmetry of knowledge in the doctor-patient relationship.
The lecture, instituted by the Vellayan Chettiar Trust and the Murugappa Group, was co-hosted by the MV Arunachalam Centre for Information and Education and Education in the Neurosciences and the Institute of Neurological Sciences at Voluntary Health Services.
via : The Hindu,dated:27/08/2006
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