Beyond conflict of interest
| Autor: | O. Dearlove, R. F Garry, L. Wager, I. Roberts, K. Wahlbeck, C. Adams, R. Edwards, R. Bhopal, D. J Highkin, D. F Horrobin |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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| Zdroj: | BMJ. 318:464-464 |
| ISSN: | 1468-5833 0959-8138 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bmj.318.7181.464a |
| Popis: | Editor—The editor of the BMJ is so busy pointing the finger at others’ conflicts of interest1 that he ignores one lurking at his own front door. I refer to the continuing controversy over albumin. Editors have to sell their journal, although giving a copy free to every member of the BMA does create a captive market that other editors do not enjoy. The conflict here is the editor’s need to feature in the media competing with readers’ need to be told the truth. What is truth and what is tendentious opinion masquerading as gospel? Offringa tried to clarify his original message2 when he said that by writing “halted” he meant that the use of albumin should not be halted.3 Is he to be criticised for over-egging the pudding, or is the editor to be criticised more for producing a mouse and calling it a mountain? |
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