The involvement of professional medical writers in medical publications

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 307-309

  Daskalopoulou, Stella S ^b   Mikhailidis, Dimitri P ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Accreditation; Ethics; Ghost writing; Professional writer; Transparency

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; STANDARD; WRITING;

ACCREDITATION; AUTHORSHIP; DISCLOSURE; EUROPE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLISHING; WRITING;

EID: 16344385252     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/030079905X28944     Document Type: Review

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