Healthy Skepticism Library item: 3314

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Publication type: Journal Article

Laine C, Mulrow CD.
Exorcising ghosts and unwelcome guests. 2005 Oct 18;143(8):611-2.
Ann Intern Med 2005 Oct 18; 143:(8):611-2
http://www.annals.org/cgi/reprint/143/8/611.pdf

Keywords:
industry, sponsorship

Notes:

An editorial in the Ann Intern Med in which the editors complain of Ghost writers, usually employed by drug manufacturers, and guest authors in medical journals. They ask academics to avoid signing off articles they haven’t written.