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Ethical Issues in Medical Writing

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This chapter describes ethical issues in medical writing, including honorary anonymous authorship, and who is really an author. Copyright is important to all authors and the chapter discusses ownership of the author’s work, use of borrowed material, plagiarism, and self-plagiarism. Other topics in this chapter include duplicate publication, conflict of interest, and writing assignments that skirt the law.

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  1. Department of Family and Community Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA

    Robert B. Taylor MD (Professor, Professor Emeritus)

  2. Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine, Portland, OR, USA

    Robert B. Taylor MD (Professor, Professor Emeritus)

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Taylor, R.B. (2015). Ethical Issues in Medical Writing. In: What Every Medical Writer Needs to Know. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20264-8_6

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