title: Negative results: why do they need to be published?
abstract: This short narrative review article defines 'negative results' and cites several ethical and scientific reasons why such studies should be made publicly available.
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Edinburgh,Western General Hospital, Bramwell Dott Building, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK. peter.sandercock@ed.ac.uk
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sandercock
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D011643:Publishing; D016896:Treatment Outcome