Healthy Skepticism Library item: 3323
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Publication type: Journal Article
Bearn AG.
Should a drug company employee edit a medical journal?
Lancet 1986; 1:974
Abstract:
When the author went to work for a pharmaceutical company he resigned his editorship of the American Journal of Medicine. At the same time he believes that pharmaceutical companies can produce unbiased literature.
Keywords:
*letter to the editor//editorial freedom/publication bias/conflict of interest/industry perspective/ industrial physicians/ETHICAL ISSUES IN PROMOTION: MEDICAL JOURNAL EDITORSHIP