David Magnus
David Magnus
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I worry that we're learning the wrong lesson and that is to overhaul the peer-review process. In the end, science and scientific publication hinges on the integrity of practitioners and the fact that it's a communal activity. It was just a matter of time before this was found out.
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The field is littered with things that looked incredibly promising but, when exposed to harsh light of clinical trials, failed.
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This kind of research should not be done without proper ethical oversight. These are very, very tricky issues.
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It's not that journals need to be more careful. Institutions need to be set up so that we don't produce this problem.
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The state is in a real bind. It has to come up with a painless way of killing without physicians involved.
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Identifying the roles of different contributors is important. What does it mean that someone is listed as an author?
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A reasonable scientist who maintained his critical objectivity should have raised some questions. I think that a legitimate claim could be made that failing to do so constitutes scientific negligence, but I don't think there's sufficient evidence that this rises to the level of fraud.
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On the whole, it's a scary time in medical ethics because of consumer advertising. Leaving it up to the marketplace is not the optimal way to do medicine.