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Managing potential conflict of interest in journal article publication
Author(s) -
O'Brien Louise,
Lakeman Richard,
O'Brien Anthony
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of mental health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.911
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1447-0349
pISSN - 1445-8330
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2012.00869.x
Subject(s) - viewpoints , conflict of interest , nursing literature , mental health nursing , medline , psychology , political science , public relations , alternative medicine , medicine , mental health , law , psychiatry , art , pathology , visual arts
The issue of potential conflict of interest and its risk to professional integrity in journal article publication has been strongly debated in medical circles. Most medical journals adhere to international requirements for disclosure of potential conflict of interest. The debate on this issue in nursing, and specifically mental health nursing, has been neither prolific nor strong, despite nursing's potential to influence particular viewpoints about treatment and indeed to prescribe particular treatments; and nursing being a target for pharmaceutical industry marketing. The purpose of this paper is to raise debate about potential conflict of interest in journal article publication and to make recommendations for the management of such potential for this journal.