Healthy Skepticism Library item: 6481

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Publication type: Journal Article

Wolever TMS.
Rejection policy questioned
Canadian Medical Association Journal 1994; 151:737

Abstract:

The author had an article rejected by the Canadian Medical Association Journal because he was paid by a pharmaceutical company to write it. Surely, the final product should be judged on its merit not on the presence or absence of industry involvement.

Keywords:
*letter to the editor/Canada/payment for writing articles/PROMOTION DISGUISED: GHOST-WRITING AND JOURNAL ARTICLES