The Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association


The Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association is a general medical journal, which is issued every second Thursday. 24 issues are published annually, including one double issue. The circulation is 24.500, of which 18.500 are sent to doctors and 3.500 to medical students. The remaining copies are sent to hospitals, institutions and libraries.

The editors receive more than 2.000 scientific manuscripts annually. All manuscripts undergo editorial review and almost all are sent for an external peer review. In addition, the editorial staff writes about 350 articles themselves. The Journal’s full text version has been available for free on the Internet since 2000. Scientific articles are indexed in PubMed/Medline.

The Journal of Practical Medicine was established in 1881 (1), five years before the Medical Association was formed as an organization. Organ for the Norwegian Medical Association was used in addition to the first title from 1.1.1888. The name has been The Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association since 1890. The Journal has been on the net since February 1996. 

The Journal’s aim

  • to contribute to medical education that stimulates professional maintenance and renewal for doctors as general clinicians
  • to stimulate medical research and professional development
  • to contribute to the formation of doctors’ attitudes by developing ethical and cultural ideals within the medical tradition
  • to promote political debate on health issues
  • to be a membership journal for the Norwegian Medical Association

Translated articles:

Birger Valen
Treating fractures of the carpus
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 129:183-5
Birger Valen
Climate and health
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 128:2348-50
Olav Magnus S. Fredheim, Torkjell Nøstdahl, Berit Nordstrand, Tone Høivik, Tarjei Rygnestad, Petter C. Borchgrevink
Treatment of acute pain during drug-assisted rehabilitation
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 130:738-40
Sahrai Saeed, Johnny Vegsundvåg, Inge Lode
Noncompaction of the left-ventricular myocardium
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 129:1104-7
Berit Mørland
Methods of no value must be abandoned
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 130:1256-7
Ingrid Keilegavlen Rebnord, Geir Thue, Steinar Hunskår
Equipment, laboratory analyses and drugs in out-of-hours services in Norwegian municipalities
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 129:987-90
Kristin Skogøy, Ricardo Laurini, Erlend Tuseth Aasheim
Pregnancy shortly after bariatric surgery
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 129:534-6
Silje Michalsen, Elisabeth Schrumpf, Klaus Beiske, Anne Tierens, Vigdis Stenberg, Geir E. Tjønnfjord
Large granular lymphocytic leukaemia
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 129:1098-102
Karl Erik Lund, Marianne Lund, Anders Bryhni
Tobacco consumption among men and women 1927–2007
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 129:1871-4
Torbjørn Graven, Jan P. Loennechen, Trond P. Leren
Brugada syndrome
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 128:2828-31
Eva Try, Tone Morken, Steinar Hunskår
A personal crisis support team at an Accident and Emergency Department
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 128:2056-9
Sonali Rathour Hansen, Susanne Kroon
Standard patch testing and nickel allergy in Stavanger, Norway
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 128:433-5
Per Vesterhus
Why do Ibsen’s children die?
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 128:2851-4
Karl Olav Viddal, Gunnar Aksnes
Hypospadias – not only a misplaced urinary tract opening
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 128:586-8
Leiv M. Hove, Sven Young, Johannes Cornelis Schrama
Dr Nicolaes Tulp’s anatomy lecture
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 128:716-9
Sverre Rørtveit, Steinar Hunskår
Medical emergencies in a rural district
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 129:738-42
Oddvar Førland, Erik Zakariassen, Steinar Hunskår
Cooperation between ambulance personnel and doctors in out-of-hours services
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 129:1109-11
Pétur B. Júlíusson, Mathieu Roelants, Geir Egil Eide, Dag Moster, Anders Juul, Roland Hauspie, Per Erik Waaler, Robert Bjerknes
Growth charts for Norwegian children
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 129:281-6
Svein Ivar Bekkelund, Hallvard Lilleng, Kjell Arne Arntzen
Subacute worsening of rigidity in Parkinson’s disease
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 128:2065-6
Jørgen Jahnsen, Arne G. Røseth, Erling Aadland
Measurement of calprotectin in faeces
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 129:743-5
Tommy Haugan, Inger Johanne Bakken, Ola Storrø, Torbjørn Øien, Arnulf Langhammer
Development of diagnostic tools and use of health services in obstructive lung disease in Norway
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 128:2431-4
Hanne-Merete Eriksen, Anja Ramberg Sæther, Hege Line Løwer, Siri Vangen, Reidar Hjetland, Hege Lundmark, Preben Aavitsland
Infections after caesarean sections
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 129:618-22
Aksel Ongre, Jan Sommerfelt-Pettersen
Tuberculosis in the Royal Norwegian Navy during the war
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 128:2868-71
Ziaullah Kamal, Merete Gulbrandsen Nordstad, Espen Molden
A 60-year-old man with heart failure, dry cough and elevated INR values
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 128:1677-9
Brita Askeland Winje, Turid Mannsåker, Nina Langeland, Einar Heldal
Drug resistance in tuberculosis
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 128:2588-92
Anna Luise Kirkengen, Linn Getz, Irene Hetlevik
A different cardiovascular epidemiology
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 128:2181-4
Olaf Gjerløw Aasland, Jan Ole Røvik, Jannecke Wiers-Jenssen
Motives for choice of specialty during and after medical school
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 128:1833-7
Olaf Gjerløw Aasland, Reidun Førde
Doctors' professional right of voice
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 128:1838-40
Irene Hetlevik, Linn Getz, Anna Luise Kirkengen
General practitioners who do not adhere to guidelines - do they have valid reasons?
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 128:2218-20
Leif Edvard Aarø, Rita Lill Lindbak, Simon Nygaard Øverland, Jørn Hetland
Use of tobacco among Norwegian pupils in secondary school 1975 - 2005
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 128:1815-9
Nils Kristian Raabe, Wolfgang Lilleby, Gunnar Tafjord, Lennart Åström
High-dose-rate brachytherapy in prostate cancer. The first experience in Norway
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 128:1275-8
Dag Kristen Solberg, Helge Refsum
Follow-up of patients that use lithium
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 128:1410-2
Jan Hysing, Marjut Sarjomaa*, Karina Skog, Stian Lydersen
Stroke - a study of clinical handling and progress
Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen ; 127:1374-8
Henning Onarheim, Anne Berit Guttormsen, Einar Eriksen
Burns treated at the Haukeland University Hospital Burn Centre - 20 years of experience
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 128:1168-71
Sabine Ruths, Kirsten K. Viktil, Hege Salvesen Blix
Classification of drug-related problems
Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen ; 127:3073-6
Holgeir Skjeie, Siv Nygaard, Henrik Stenwig Li, Bozidar Gardasevic, Arne Fetveit, Mette Brekke
Medical emergency care and patient contact at the Quart Rock Festival in Norway
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 128:1508-11
Petter Elstrøm, Bjørn Iversen, Preben Aavitsland
Should children adopted from abroad be screened for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus?
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 128:291-3
Harald Vik-Mo, Morten Slette, Knut Hegbom
Antithrombotic therapy after percutanous coronary intervention with stenting
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 128:436-9
Kari Viken, Vera Lonning, Anne-Lise Røstad, Marianne Korsmo, Steinar Lorentzen
The ward atmosphere and satisfaction in four psychogeriatric wards
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 128:310-2
Sigrid Hørven Wigers, Arnstein Finset
Rehabilitation of chronic myofascial pain disorders
Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen ; 127:604-8
Anne-Lise Nordlie, Bjørg Marit Andersen
Changes in antibiotic consumption among day-care children in Oslo
Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen ; 127:2924-6
Anna Luise Kirkengen, Elling Ulvestad
Heavy burdens and complex disease - an integrated perspective
Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen ; 127:3228-31
Ivar Grønningsæter, Oddrun Hallås, Torbjørn Kristiansen, Folkvard Nævdal
Physical activity in school for 11-12 year-olds
Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen ; 127:2927-9
Hans Christian Blom, Randi Duesund, Kari Rotegård, Ylva Sandness
Post-operative infections at a local hospital in Norway - systematic recording for seven years
Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen ; 127:1640-3
Nina Øyen, Ottar Nygård, Jannicke Igland, Grethe S. Tell, Jan Erik Nordrehaug, Lorentz M. Irgens, John G. Cooper, Jørund Langørgen, Stein Emil Vollset
Hospital admission rates and case-fatality for cardiovascular diseases in Western Norway, 1992-2001
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen ; 128:17-23
Terje Tørrissen*
Involuntary admissions to an acute psychiatric ward
Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen ; 127:2086-9
Hogne Sandvik, Erik Zakariassen, Steinar Hunskår
Norwegian regular general practitioners’ participation in out-of-hours work
Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen ; 127:2513-6
Tobias Nieber, Elisabeth Holm Hansen, Gunnar Tschudi Bondevik, Steinar Hunskår, Jesper Blinkenberg, Janecke Thesen, Erik Zakariassen
Organization of Norwegian out-of-hours primary health care services
Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen ; 127:1335-8
Erik Zakariassen, Jesper Blinkenberg, Elisabeth Holm Hansen, Tobias Nieber, Janecke Thesen, Gunnar Tschudi Bondevik, Steinar Hunskår
Locations, facilities and routines in Norwegian out-of-hours services
Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen ; 127:1339-42
Hogne Sandvik, Steinar Hunskår
Reimbursement for out-of-hours work in Norway
Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen ; 127:1347-50
Elisabeth Holm Hansen, Steinar Hunskår
Differences in requests to out-of-hours services in Norway
Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen ; 127:1344-6
Gisle Roksund
The future for out-of-hours services
Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen ; 127:1334
Ivar Halvorsen, Eivind Meland, Anders Bærheim
Use of emergency services before and after implementation of the Regular General Practitioner Scheme
Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen ; 127:15-7
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