Ghostwriting in Medical Literature.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universities and colleges.

Marketing.

Medical economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (31 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2010.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Republican minority staff report presenting findings of inquiry into policies of medical schools and journals on practice of medical ghostwriting, in which pharmaceutical or medical device companies hire medical education, marketing or communications companies to draft articles that are presented to prominent physicians and scientists to sign on as authors to increase likelihood of article being published in important medical journals.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Serial Set Digital Collection (last viewed Feb. 2013). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

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Microfiche version: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Ghostwriting in Medical Literature

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