Healthy Skepticism Library item: 3352

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Publication type: Journal Article

Leigh AP.
Should a drug company employee edit a medical journal?
Lancet 1986; 1:974

Abstract:

Stavem makes several unjustified generalized assumptions about the integrity of pharmaceutical companies and their employees.

Keywords:
*letter to the editor/editorial freedom/publication bias/conflict of interest/industry perspective/ industrial physicians/ETHICAL ISSUES IN PROMOTION: MEDICAL JOURNAL EDITORSHIP