Legal Remedies for Medical Ghostwriting: Imposing Fraud Liability on Guest Authors of Ghostwritten Articles
2011
A Medical Ghostwriter's Perspective on Authorship Ethics
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Author Information
Author(s): Linda Logdberg
Primary Institution: Fernbank Science Center
Hypothesis
What should be done about the problem of fraud in authorship?
Conclusion
The author believes that a system could be established to improve the ethics of authorship in medical writing.
Supporting Evidence
- The author worked as a medical writer for 11 years.
- She felt that the ethical issues in medical writing became increasingly troubling.
- She believes that medical writers could help improve the ethics of authorship.
Takeaway
The author used to write medical articles for companies but stopped because she felt it was unethical. She thinks there should be better ways to handle medical writing.
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