Open AccessConflict of interests in biomedicine
Author(s) -
Ljiljana Vučković-Dekić
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
stomatološki glasnik srbije
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1452-3701
pISSN - 0039-1743
DOI - 10.2298/sgs0401038v
Subject(s) - biomedicine , publication , conflict of interest , institution , political science , ethical code , public relations , engineering ethics , code of conduct , core (optical fiber) , law , engineering , telecommunications , genetics , biology
All parties in publication enterprise - author, reviewer and editor - have shared interests - to publish good science in good journals. However, in the biomedical arena, the interests (financial or nonfinancial) of each of these parties may conflict with the interests of any of the other parties. Dealing with potential or real conflict of interests that might bias biomedical literature is the important part of both the institution's and the journal's policies. Strict adherence to the highest possible standards of science is the core of ethical regulative of the profession - code of ethics called Good scientific Practice