Why Does Academic Medicine Allow Ghostwriting? A Prescription for Reform

Society

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 371-375

  Leo, Jonathan ^a   Lacasse, Jeffrey R ^b   Cimino, Andrea N ^b  

^a Lincoln Memorial University   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80051668469     PISSN: 01472011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12115-011-9455-2     Document Type: Editorial

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