When the editors of two of the most prominent medical journals
in the world--the "New England Journal of Medicine" and the
"Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)"--were fired in
the same year, under circumstances that ranged from acrimonious to
politically sensational, media attention again focused on
biomedical publication. The controversy highlighted yet another
ethical dimension of scientific research and its publication,
topics that have generated intense scrutiny in recent years. As
research funding has become scarcer and competition fiercer, with
links between scientific discovery and commercial applications
increasingly tighter and more lucrative, allegations of misconduct
have also increased. Universities and research institutions,
notably the NIH, have created offices of scientific integrity and
mandated educational programs to investigate such allegations and
to train researchers in the highest standards of sound, ethical
scientific research.
Focusing on publication ethics as an essential aspect of
responsible scientific conduct, "Ethical Issues in Biomedical
Publication" examines a variety of troublesome issues, including
authorship, peer review, repetitive publication, conflict of
interest, and electronic publishing. The contributors include the
editors of distinguished biomedical journals (among them, past or
present editors of "Academic Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine,
British Medical Journal, JAMA, " and the "Lancet"), humanities
scholars, scientists, lawyers, and a university administrator.
Chapters address specific ethical issues and offer recommendations
for preventing or solving problems associated with them. The result
is a book that will serve as a standard reference for biomedical
researchers, authors, editors, and teachers of research ethics.
"Educators, administrators, scientists, editors, and students
should all welcome this comprehensive new book. Anne Hudson Jones
and Faith McLellan have gathered a veritable who's who in the field
of publication ethics for biomedical research. All those with a
stake in biomedical research will surely want this volume on their
bookshelf."--from the Foreword by Jordan J. Cohen, M.D., President,
Association of American Medical Colleges
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