title: [Ethics in medical journals.]
abstract: The title of this reflection evokes several contents that may encompass from ethics in research; fraud in science; ethics in medical advertising and relations between sponsors and science; and, finally, papers related to ethic content. This paper is limited to the ethic responsibilities of the medical writers or "scriptwriters."
authors.affiliation: Consejero emérito de educación, investigación y políticas de salud, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Distrito Federal, México. alifshitz@liceaga.facmed.unam.mx.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lifshitz
keywords: escritura; ethics; investigación; periodicals; publicaciones periódicas; research; writing; ética