Halfway there: the struggle to manage conflicts of interest.
Conflicts of interest are known to create problems for the integrity of biomedical research. The editors of the JCI have set out a rigorous policy to help manage conflicts. But they focus only on financially generated conflicts. Here I identify other sources of conflict and offer some suggestions for their management.
Caplan
Arthur L
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Department of Medical Ethics and Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. caplan@mail.med.upenn.edu
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