Table of Contents

Contents and Contributors: Part One: The Major Ethical Issues * Changing Traditions of Authorship Anne Hudson Jones * The Imagined Author Richard Horton * The Ethics of Peer Review Fiona Godlee * Peer Review and the Ethics of Internet Publishing Craig Bingham * Repetitive and Divided Publication Edward J. Huth * Conflict of Interest Annette Flanagin * Ethics in Cyberspace: The Challenges of Electronic Scientific Publishing Faith McLellan * Part Two: Responses and Remedies: Law, Policy, Education * When Ethics Fails: Legal and Administrative Causes of Action and Remedies Debra M. Parrish * Scientific Misconduct: Policy Issues C. K. Gunsalus * Ethical Scientific Reporting and Publication: Training the Trainees Susan Eastwood * Educating the Leaders: Toward Systemic Change Addeane S. Caelleigh * Part Three: Commentaries and Epilogue * Research Misconduct and the Ethics of Scientific Publication Paul J. Friedman * A View from the Trenches: One Scientist's Perspective Douglas S. DeWitt * The Other Two Cultures: How Research and Publishing Can Move Forward Together Frank Davidoff

Promotional Information

Jones and McLellan have performed an invaluable service in drawing together these important essays. The issues surrounding the ethics of biomedical publication have never been more pressing than they are today in a world of corporate support, pressures to make news, and the presence of the Internet allowing nearly instant communication. Up until now there has been little for those concerned about the ethics of publication to utilize. This book changes that situation and changes it much for the better. -- Arthur Caplan, Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania

About the Author

Anne Hudson Jones is the former editor of Literature and Medicine and a professor at the Institute for the Medical Humanities, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. Faith McLellan is North American Senior Editor of The Lancetin New York City.

Reviews

The authors have assembled an outstanding group of scientists with experience in their fields of expertise. The book is highly recommended for those intending to undertake clinical trials or similar research, as well as for those presently engaged in this field, as a refresher course in medical ethics. -- William P. MulloyMD Journal of the American Medical Association This book discusses such ethical issues in publication as authorship, peer review, and repetitive publication; it emphasizes the conflicts of interest that can compromise good authorship and reviewing practices; and it highlights the challenges that electronic publication is presenting to our ideas of ethical publication practices. I only wish that this book had been available when I began my editorial work, if not when I began my research career. -- Robert L. Perlman Perspectives in Biology and Medicine This rich collection provides practical help to those of us who work with scientists and physicians who do research and then write it up for publication. Almost every chapter enlightens with strong, new ideas. Patients, universities, the courts, and the medical profession will certainly be better off if the information in this volume is absorbed and put into practice. Medical Humanities Review While peer review, authorship and conflicts of interest are mainstays of ethical discussion about science, the role of publication has not been fully examined before this provocative book. The Lancet Science does not exist until it is published. Editors of medical journals, trying to ensure fair play as researchers compete for space in their journals, frequently encounter ethical problems, typically with authorship, peer review, and conflicts of interest and, occasionally, they find scientific misconduct. The experience of editors reflects the sometimes awkward relationships between authors, reviewers and editors, and the high stakes attached to publication. Ethical Issues in Biomedical Publication succeeds in being at the same time a rich survey of the field, a valuable source book for editors and researchers, and a useful guide to dealing with these difficult issues. The strength of this book is not merely that it tackles so many difficult issues in such illuminating ways, but it does so by allowing its distinguished authors the space to make their arguments and show us their important insights. -- Drummond Rennie, M.D.Deputy, Editor Journal of the American Medical Association A very thorough discussion of the various legal and administative solutions... The book is well-written, has case material and examples enough to make reading vicariously pleasurable. Bulletin of Medical Ethics