Healthy Skepticism Library item: 4114

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Publication type: Journal Article

Squires BP.
Editors and advertisers
Canadian Medical Association Journal 1990; 143:167

Abstract:

Editors of peer-reviewed biomedical journals must demonstrate their immunity to outside influence by adhering to some basic principles: editors should hold no financial interest in any firm that manufactures medical products; editors should accept nothing that could be construed to influence their decisions; editors should ensure that all advertising has been cleared by the Pharmaceutical Advertising Advisory Board; they should ensure that publication of any research be accompanied by full disclosure of how the study was funded; finally, they should eschew publication of “advertorials.”

Keywords:
*analysis/Canada/editorial freedom/attitude toward promotion/ATTITUDES REGARDING PROMOTION: MEDICAL JOURNALS/REGULATION, CODES, GUIDELINES: JOURNALS AND MASS MEDIA