Journals Should Critique Trials, Not Publish Them (former BMJ editor)

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outrider - 17 May 2005 17:21 GMT

I'm posting this not only for the Richard Smith article, but so people
can bookmark the excellent PLoS website if they wish. Zee

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020138
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4552509.stm

Medical Journals Are an Extension of the Marketing Arm of
Pharmaceutical Companies

Richard Smith

"Journal editors are becoming increasingly aware of how they are being
manipulated and are fighting back [17,18], but I must confess that it
took me almost a quarter of a century editing for the BMJ to wake up to
what was happening."

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outrider - 21 May 2005 00:41 GMT

http://online.wsj.com/article_email/article_print/0,,SB111567633298328568-IdjgIN
llah4nJ2pZIGIcaWCm4,00.html

> I'm posting this not only for the Richard Smith article, but so people
> can bookmark the excellent PLoS website if they wish. Zee
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
> took me almost a quarter of a century editing for the BMJ to wake up to
> what was happening."

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