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Medical Forum / General / Alternative / June 2008Attempted Murder?
'Zero tolerance' proposed for lab cheats 22 June 2008 NewScientist.com news service HANDS up those who have falsified data. It appears there is vastly more cheating going on in the lab than gets reported. Sandra Titus of the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) in Rockville, Maryland, surveyed 2212 scientists at 605 institutions funded by the US Department of Health & Human Services. Nine per cent said they had witnessed misconduct, mainly fabrication of results or plagiarism (Nature, vol 453, p 980). The team calculates that this amounts to 2300 cases of misconduct per year among all DHHS-funded researchers, yet the ORI receives 24 misconduct alerts a year. "I think our findings are the tip of the iceberg," she says. Titus's team says the key to preventing misconduct is to create a "zero tolerance" culture both for those who commit misconduct and those who turn a blind eye to it. From issue 2661 of New Scientist magazine, 22 June 2008, page 7 Who loves ya. Tom Jesus Was A Vegetarian! http://tinyurl.com/2r2nkh Man Is A Herbivore! http://tinyurl.com/4rq595 DEAD PEOPLE WALKING http://tinyurl.com/zk9fk On Jun 23, 12:32 pm, ironjustice <teamtan...@hotmail.com> wrote: 'Zero tolerance' proposed for lab cheats << They should get at LEAST as much **time off** as an amorous nurse .. ? Amorous Nurse Struck Off, UK Main Category: Nursing / Midwifery Also Included In: Medical Malpractice / Litigation Article Date: 24 Jun 2008 - 0:00 PDT A 57 year old registered nurse from Romney Marsh, Kent has been struck off the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register for inappropriate behaviour towards a patient. Jeremy Peters was employed at Hillside Hospital, a rehabilitation unit for people with mental health problems in Hastings, Sussex in 2006. He was charged with giving a patient his mobile phone number, sending her three inappropriate and unprofessional text messages, hugging and kissing the patient on numerous occasions, and driving the patient to a pub for lunch. The independent panel of the Conduct and Competence Committee heard that in one of the text messages Peters wrote 'If needed you will be able to roll over and hold me as we did earlier…'. While Peters denied hugging and kissing the patient and taking her to a pub, the panel accepted the patient's detailed recollection of these events, which is outside any care plan set for the patient. The panel noted that Peters' charges were of a sexual nature and were liable to cause the vulnerable patient serious harm. Commenting on the panel's decision to strike Peters off the register, NMC spokesperson Kristy Hempel said, "Peters' actions were proved to be a fundamental and serious breach of the NMC's Code of professional conduct. He crossed proper professional boundaries and failed to protect and support the health of the patient, who he knew to be particularly vulnerable. Peters showed no insight into the gravity of his behaviour and the panel deemed him a potential risk to patients and unfit to practise as a registered nurse, issuing a striking off order to maintain public confidence in the NMC." Nursing and Midwifery Council Who loves ya. Tom Jesus Was A Vegetarian! http://tinyurl.com/2r2nkh Man Is A Herbivore! http://tinyurl.com/4rq595 DEAD PEOPLE WALKING http://tinyurl.com/zk9fk > 'Zero tolerance' proposed for lab cheats > 22 June 2008 [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > DEAD PEOPLE WALKINGhttp://tinyurl.com/zk9fk |
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