title: The social transformation of Singapore medicine through 55 years of the SMJ.
abstract: The Singapore Medical Journal (SMJ) has in the past 55 years reflected the phenomenal socioeconomic progress of Singapore. Publications in the pre-independent years were mainly on diseases like cholera, diphtheria, leprosy, tetanus and worm infestation. In the new millennium, the research papers included molecular genetics, health economics, obesity, Internet medicine, cancer, cosmetic surgery and palliative medicine. The annual SMA Lecture published in the SMJ provides an ethical compass for doctors to remind them of primum non nocere.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Medicine, National University of Singapore, National University Health System, Singapore.
authors.forename: Ee Heok
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Kua
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: Jade Phek Hui
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Kua
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends*; D012846:Singapore; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000266:history*
keywords: SMJ; Singapore medicine; history