What Should Be Done To Tackle Ghostwriting in the Medical Literature?

Peter C Gøtzsche; Jerome P Kassirer; Karen L Woolley; Elizabeth Wager; Adam Jacobs; Art Gertel; Cindy Hamilton

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000023

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What Should Be Done To Tackle Ghostwriting in the Medical Literature?

Peter C Gøtzsche,
Jerome P Kassirer,
Karen L Woolley,
Elizabeth Wager,
Adam Jacobs,
Art Gertel,
Cindy Hamilton

What Should Be Done To Tackle Ghostwriting in the Medical Literature?

Peter C Gøtzsche,
Jerome P Kassirer,
Karen L Woolley,
Elizabeth Wager,
Adam Jacobs,
Art Gertel,
Cindy Hamilton

Published: February 3, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000023

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