Healthy Skepticism Library item: 8203

Warning: This library includes all items relevant to health product marketing that we are aware of regardless of quality. Often we do not agree with all or part of the contents.

Publication type: Journal Article

Schafer A.
Science Scandal or Ethics Scandal? Olivieri Redux
Bioethics 2007 Feb; 21:(2):111-115
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-8519.2007.00531.x

Abstract:

Dr. Nancy Olivieri has become an icon of research integrity for her insistence on publishing adverse data about a drug she was investigating. She has been celebrated world-wide as a hero of biomedical ethics for her bravery in disclosing potential dangers to research subjects, in the face of both drug company threats and coercive pressures from her hospital and university. Like so many other ‘whistle-blowers’ however, she now faces both personal vilification and disturbing accusations of scientific error. The case against Olivieri is assessed and found to be baseless.

Keywords:
Olivieri, Shuchman, research ethics, bio-medical whistle-blowing