What should be done to tackle ghostwriting in the medical literature?

<h4>Background to the debate</h4>Ghostwriting occurs when someone makes substantial contributions to a manuscript without attribution or disclosure. It is considered bad publication practice in the medical sciences, and some argue it is scientific misconduct. At its extreme, medical ghos...

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Main Authors: Peter C Gøtzsche, Jerome P Kassirer, Karen L Woolley, Elizabeth Wager, Adam Jacobs, Art Gertel, Cindy Hamilton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-02-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/19192943/pdf/?tool=EBI