The Ghost in the Machine

A very interesting read about the ethical issues in ghost writing can be be found over at medical humanities

As Daniel points out that up to ten percent of articles in medical journals may be ghost written is outrageous. But it is a natural conclusion of market driven health care, if your business is selling medication, then you want to ensure that people are prescribing your medicine... In a perfect world that will be because your drug is the best drug for the patient. In the real world though there are plenty of short cuts to ensure reasonable sales even if your product is perhaps not the best... While it is radical, one way to reduce this corruption of science would be to reform our health care systems and in particular the funding and creation of pharmaceuticals.

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