Hiring a professional medical writer: Is it equivalent to ghostwriting?

Biochemia Medica

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-24

  Das, Natasha ^a   Das, Saurendra ^a  

^a Excel Life Sciences ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Acknowledgement; Authorship; Edical writer; Ethics in publishing; Ghostwriter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHOR; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH ETHICS; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; WRITING;

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; AUTHORSHIP; ETHICS IN PUBLISHING; GHOSTWRITER; MEDICAL WRITER;

DISCLOSURE; EDITORIAL POLICIES; HUMANS; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLISHING; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; WRITING;

EID: 84893611365     PISSN: 13300962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11613/BM.2014.004     Document Type: Article

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