Legal and ethical aspects of ghostwriting in medicine

Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Wnukiewicz Kozłowska, Agata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Authors rights (copyright and moral rights); Ghostwriting; Transfer of authors rights

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHOR; AUTHORITY; CIVIL RIGHTS; GHOSTWRITING; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRACTICE ACT; PUBLISHING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; COPYRIGHT; HUMANS; PATIENT RIGHTS; PUBLISHING; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; WRITING;

EID: 78651266502     PISSN: 0004069X     EISSN: 16614917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00005-010-0105-y     Document Type: Article

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