Research Misconduct in the UK Source: BMJ

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Research misconduct is widespread in the UK and harms patients writes British

Medical Journal editor, Fiona Godlee.

Source

http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.d8357

http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e14?tab=related

Research misconduct can harm patients, distort the evidence base, misdirect

research effort, waste funds and damage public trust in science. Countries all

over the developed world are now recognising the need to set up systems to

deter, detect, and investigate research misconduct. Why does the UK have no

plans to do the same?

Further reading

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2350711/pdf/bmj00535-0005.pdf

http://www.rsm.ac.uk/media/downloads/j06-05research.pdf

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