The skeptical professional's guide to rational prescribing the impact of scientific fraud and misconduct / Charles E. Dean, MD.

Author/creator Dean, Charles E.
Format Electronic
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoBoca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.
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Contents Regulations, the Growth of Pharma, and Diagnostic Expansion, 1951-2003: A Wealth Trifecta -- Industry Payments to Physicians: Research and Education or Bribery? -- Direct-to-Consumer Advertising: Origins, Extent, and Consequences -- Publication and Citation Bias, Spin, and Sponsorship: Tilting the Risk-Benefit Ratio -- Fraudulent Authorship: Guests, Ghosts, and Honorary Authors -- Meta-Analyses and Systematic Reviews: Biases and Short-Cuts to Knowledge -- Replication and Reproducibility of Research Results: A Crisis? -- Distorted Outcomes and Retractions: Prevalence and Types -- Journalology, Predatory Journals, Peer Review, Pre-Prints, and Guidelines -- Can Misconduct and Fraud be Fixed? -- An Entrepreneurial Health Care System: Risks and Benefits to Rational Prescribing.
Abstract "The raging COVID-19 pandemic has shaken our trust in science. Contents are set in a clinical context, wherein misconduct and fraud affect rational prescribing, a process that depends on balancing the risk-benefit ratio of treatments, whether pharmacologic or psychotherapeutic"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Dean, Charles E. Skeptical professional's guide to rational prescribing First edition. Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022 9781032211930
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