Why this message is appearing and what you can do to make your experience on this site better.Select Journal or Resource JAMA & Archives Home JAMA Archives of Dermatology Facial Plastic Surgery Family Medicine (1992-2000) General Psychiatry Internal Medicine Neurology Ophthalmology OtolaryngologyHead & Neck Surgery Pediatrics Kevin P.MD, MHS; David S.MD, MPH; Harlan M.SM _JAMA. CONTEXT Authorship in biomedical publication provides recognition and establishes accountability and responsibility.Litigation related to rofecoxib provided a unique opportunity to examine guest authorship and ghostwriting, practices that have been suspected in biomedical publication but for which there is little documentation.OBJECTIVE To characterize different types and the extent of guest authorship and ghostwriting in 1 case study.DATA SOURCES Court documents originally obtained during litigation related to rofecoxib against Merck Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, and McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts (Dr Hill); Department ofmunity Health, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island (Dr Egilman); and Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program and Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, and Center for Oues Research and Evaluation, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut (Dr Krumholz).RELATED ARTICLES THIS WEEK IN _JAMA_ _JAMA. REPORTING MORTALITY FINDINGS IN TRIALS OF ROFECOXIB FOR ALZHEIMER DISEASE OR COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT: A CASE STUDY BASED ON DOCUMENTS FROM ROFECOXIB LITIGATION Bruce M.And Richard A._JAMA. IMPUGNING THE INTEGRITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE: THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF INDUSTRY INFLUENCE Catherine D.And Phil B._JAMA.Read more Hepatic effects of lovastatin exposure in patients with liver disease: a retrospective cohort study
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