Talk:Barron H. Lerner

Deletion

 * I agree with the deletion Char leen mer ced   Talk  05:13, 3 March 2007 (UTC)Charleenmerced
 * Strike sockpuppet comment Strongly disagree with the deletion. He's a regular columnist in the New York Times Science Section and the author of at least three major books.  But someone needs to improve the article substantially.  Google "Barron H. Lerner" with the middle initial for countless media hits. Craters of the Moon (talk) 22:20, 31 August 2008 (UTC)Craters of the Moon

William H. Welch Medal
As I write this, the article says of Dr. Lerner's book on the history of breast cancer treatment, "It also received the 2006 William H. Welch Medal of the American Association for the History of Medicine for the best book in the history of medicine over the previous five years." I'm sure the slight misstatement was unintentional, but that's not strictly correct. The relevant web page says the following: "The William H. Welch Award is awarded to one or more authors of a book (excluding edited volumes) of outstanding scholarly merit in the field of medical history published during the five calendar years preceding the award. Hence, books published during 2006–2010 inclusively will be eligible for the Medal to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine, in Baltimore, MD, 26-29 April 2012." In other words, the post-publication eligibility window is five years, but the book that wins in a given year may share the honour with books published in (recent) previous years if their respective eligibility windows overlap. Also, the award is given not to a book, but to the author. These are small points, certainly, but it's best to be as accurate as possible, to avoid confusion. I've edited the language used to try to better reflect these distinctions. – OhioStandard  (talk) 09:26, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

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