Authorship versus "Credit" for Participation in Research: A Case Study of Potential Ethical Dilemmas Created by Technical Tools Used by Researchers and Claims for Authorship by Their Creators

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-18

  Welker, James A ^a   McCue, Jack D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION;

AUTHORSHIP; ETHICS, RESEARCH; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 33845441577     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2212     Document Type: Article

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