On Ghosts and Other Unwelcome Guests

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1389-1391

  Ross, Joseph S ^a,b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHOR; CLINICAL RESEARCH; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNDING; GHOSTWRITING; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; SELF REPORT; STUDY DESIGN; WRITING; COOPERATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARDS;

AUTHORSHIP; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISCLOSURE; DRUG INDUSTRY; EDITORIAL POLICIES; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84942502606     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-015-3400-9     Document Type: Article

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