Justifying conflicts of interest in medical journals: A very bad idea

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Steinbrook, Robert ^a   Kassirer, Jerome P ^b   Angell, Marcia ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; FINANCE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PHYSICIAN; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; DRUG INDUSTRY; ETHICS; PUBLISHING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DRUG INDUSTRY; EDITORIAL POLICIES; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84936883152     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h2942     Document Type: Review

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