Goodbye ghostwriters! How to work ethically and efficiently with professional medical writers

Chest

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 921-923

  Woolley, Karen L ^a  

^a ProScribe Medical Communications   (Australia)

Author keywords

Authorship; Codes of ethics; Drug industry; Peer review, research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; WRITING;

EID: 33748846736     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.130.3.921     Document Type: Article

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