Ethics in medical journals

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Alberto Lifshitz
<p>Secretario de Ense&ntilde;anza Cl&iacute;nica e Internado M&eacute;dico, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Aut&oacute;noma de M&eacute;xico, Ciudad de M&eacute;xico</p>

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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 contents. This paper is limited to the ethic responsibilities of the medical writers or “scriptwriters”.

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Vol. 51 No. 6 (2013): November-December
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Editorial

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Lifshitz A. Ethics in medical journals. Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc [Internet]. 2016 Dec. 14 [cited 2025 Jul. 16];51(6):604-5. Available from: https://revistamedica.imss.gob.mx/index.php/revista_medica/article/view/864