Comments on: Ghostwriting by Pharmaceutical Companies http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/05/03/ghostwriting-by-pharmaceutical-companies/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:09:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Healthcare Economist · Ghostwriting by Pharmaceutical Companies « Medfit's Blog http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/05/03/ghostwriting-by-pharmaceutical-companies/comment-page-1/#comment-5834 Healthcare Economist · Ghostwriting by Pharmaceutical Companies « Medfit's Blog Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:11:00 +0000 http://healthcare-economist.com/?p=924#comment-5834 [...] Healthcare Economist · Ghostwriting by Pharmaceutical Companies. Leave a [...] [...] Healthcare Economist · Ghostwriting by Pharmaceutical Companies. Leave a [...]

]]> By: Aids Perspective » Blog Archive » HIV TREATMENT AS PREVENTION http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/05/03/ghostwriting-by-pharmaceutical-companies/comment-page-1/#comment-1116 Aids Perspective » Blog Archive » HIV TREATMENT AS PREVENTION Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:37:14 +0000 http://healthcare-economist.com/?p=924#comment-1116 [...] [http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/05/03/ghostwriting-by-pharmaceutical-companies/ Revealed: how drug firms 'hoodwink' medical journals Pharmaceutical giants hire ghostwriters to produce articles - then put doctors' names on them. http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2003/dec/07/health.businessofresearch ] [...] [...] [http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/05/03/ghostwriting-by-pharmaceutical-companies/ Revealed: how drug firms 'hoodwink' medical journals Pharmaceutical giants hire ghostwriters to produce articles - then put doctors' names on them. http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2003/dec/07/health.businessofresearch ] [...]

]]> By: EconTech » NPR On Medical Paper Ghostwriting http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/05/03/ghostwriting-by-pharmaceutical-companies/comment-page-1/#comment-630 EconTech » NPR On Medical Paper Ghostwriting Sat, 03 May 2008 18:18:28 +0000 http://healthcare-economist.com/?p=924#comment-630 [...] Ghostwriting by Pharmaceutical Companies Academic journals are places where medical practitioners can go to view the latest, most cutting-edge, medical technologies. These journals are peer reviewed and are supposed to be places where rigorous, unbiased research is conducted. Some of these articles may not be as unbiased as once thought. [...] [...] Ghostwriting by Pharmaceutical Companies Academic journals are places where medical practitioners can go to view the latest, most cutting-edge, medical technologies. These journals are peer reviewed and are supposed to be places where rigorous, unbiased research is conducted. Some of these articles may not be as unbiased as once thought. [...]

]]> By: x http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/05/03/ghostwriting-by-pharmaceutical-companies/comment-page-1/#comment-629 x Sat, 03 May 2008 17:21:44 +0000 http://healthcare-economist.com/?p=924#comment-629 I love how the Association of American Medical Colleges points the finger at Rx companies: "The panel recommended that drug companies be banned from ghostwriting for doctors." Shouldn't they recommend that doctors be banned from passing on ghostwritten articles as their own? This is a great example of the absurd hubris in the medical profession: They get caught submitting plagiarized work for publication, and then blame the entity they plagiarized. I love how the Association of American Medical Colleges points the finger at Rx companies: “The panel recommended that drug companies be banned from ghostwriting for doctors.”

Shouldn’t they recommend that doctors be banned from passing on ghostwritten articles as their own?

This is a great example of the absurd hubris in the medical profession: They get caught submitting plagiarized work for publication, and then blame the entity they plagiarized.

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