Document Detail


Ghost-authors, improvement article comunication, and medical publications.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21356568     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
INTRODUCTION: Relationship between ghost-authors and medical writers has been debated, even arriving to citizens. Accusation that through ghost-authors, market messages are introduced in medical journals has been suggested. DEVELOPMENT: This paper carried out an analysis of ghost-authors and their application to medical writers and discusses the intellectual authorship of the scientific articles, as well as the relationship with research groups and pharmaceutical industry, as well as the position of journal. RESULTS: Significant differences between groups were found. However, the quantitative comparison only makes sense if no evidence against measurement invariance was found: given the kind of items showing DIF against Parkinson's disease patients, the MMSE seems to underestimate the cognitive level of these patients. CONCLUSIONS: The role of medical workers is advisable because improves communication of articles. Using authorship criteria, medical writers cannot be considered as ghost-authors. Misconducts for medical writers should be pursued but also those from editors and authors. Responsibility of articles belongs to authors who are responsible of false conclusions obtained from data research and to the editor in the case of the paper was published.
Authors:
J Matías-Guiu; R García-Ramos
Related Documents :
10165808 - The business of education: a new paradigm.
12133148 - Clinicians, educators, and investigators in general internal medicine: bridging the gaps.
10498088 - Managed medical education?
20391168 - Medical education and information literacy in the era of open access.
1621158 - Lumbar facet joint asymmetry. intervertebral disc herniation.
17154148 - Chronic medical conditions and wishes to die among older primary care patients.
Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-2-26
Journal Detail:
Title:  Neurologia (Barcelona, Spain)     Volume:  -     ISSN:  0213-4853     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-3-1     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9005460     Medline TA:  Neurologia     Country:  -    
Other Details:
Languages:  ENG; SPA     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Copyright Information:
Copyright © 2010 Sociedad Española de Neurología. Published by Elsevier Espana. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Servicio de Neurología, Instituto de Neurociencias, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, España.
Vernacular Title:
Autores-fantasma, mejora en la comunicación de artículos y publicaciones médicas.
Export Citation:
APA/MLA Format     Download EndNote     Download BibTex
MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine


Previous Document:  [Study of post-ICU mortality during 4 years (2006-2009). Analysis of the factors related to death in...
Next Document:  Discovery of novel SCD1 inhibitors: 5-alkyl-4,5-dihydro-3H-spiro[1,5-benzoxazepine-2,4'-piperidine] ...