George D. Lundberg (born March 21, 1933) is an American board-certified pathologist and writer.[1]
For seventeen years, Lundberg served as editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). In 1999, Lundberg was fired from this position after attempting to publish a controversial article on how college students define oral sex. The article coincided with President Clinton's impeachment trial.[2] Executives from the American Medical Association stated that the article had nothing to do with medicine and it jeopardized the high standard of the journal.[3]
Lundberg from February 1999 to January 2009, was the editor of Medscape.[4] He currently serves as an editor-at-large for the site.[5]
References
- ^ "George David Lundberg, M.D.". Retrieved December 08, 2018.
- ^ "Editor Fired Over Sex Article". CBS News. Retrieved December 08, 2018.
- ^ "Health Editor fired over oral sex story". BBC News. Retrieved December 08, 2018.
- ^ Romaine, M; Zatz, S; Brown, K; Lundberg, GD (2009). "So long but not farewell: The Medscape Journal of Medicine (1999-2009)". Medscape Journal of Medicine. 11 (1): 33. PMID 19295954. Retrieved 21 February 2009.
- ^ "George D. Lundberg, MD". Medscape. Retrieved December 08, 2018.
Further reading
- Fletcher, SW; Fletcher, RH (March 1999). "Medical editors, journal owners, and the sacking of George Lundberg". Journal of General Internal Medicine. 14 (3): 200–2. doi:10.1046/j.1525-1497.1999.00347.x. PMC 1496545. PMID 10203629.
- Smith, TW (Autumn 1999). "The JAMA controversy and the meaning of sex". Public Opinion Quarterly. 63 (3): 385–400. doi:10.1086/297726. JSTOR 2991714.
- Brown, David (16 January 1999). "JAMA editor fired over Clinton conflict". Special Report: Clinton Accused. The Washington Post. p. A3.