Sen. Charles E. Grassley is pressing his investigation of conflicts of interest in medicine in a new direction, The New York Times reports. In a letter sent to 10 prestigious medical schools on Tuesday, the Iowa Republican asked the institutions to describe their policies regarding professors who put their names on ghostwritten articles in medical journals, and to explain why that practice is any different from plagiarism by students. The schools that received the letters have not been accused of wrongdoing.
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One Response to Senator Quizzes Medical Schools About Ghostwriting and Plagiarism
tripleangels - November 18, 2009 at 11:28 am
Perhaps the senior Senator from Iowa should check the acknowledgement sections of those articles. That appears to be an acceptable approach in a recently released publication by a former vice presidential candidate.