Friday, July 10, 2009
Medical Journals and ghostwriting
Michael Wold of OSF St Mary’s Medical Center library sent me a link to an article in the July 8, 2009 edition of Heartwire by Michael O'Riordan entitled “Sen Grassley asks medical journals about ghostwriting.” The prospect of companies ghostwriting articles and presenting them as medical research is beyond “troubling.” It would call into question whether independent research is being conducted and could skew other research projects. Makes me wonder: how much medical literature is research and how much is marketing?
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It is upsetting to see that a valid medical journal would allow this to happen. We will have to watch carefully for any mentioning of sponsors of the article. Michael.
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