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Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 10/2018

Open Access 01-10-2018 | Editorial

Conflicts of interest and the patient–doctor covenant

Author: Martin J. Tobin

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 10/2018

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In 2003, as Editor-in-Chief of American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (AJRCCM), I introduced a policy on conflict of interest [1]. Since then, an enormous number of papers have been published on the topic. Much of this literature deals with the complexity of the topic, yet the fundamentals are simple. …
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Metadata
Title
Conflicts of interest and the patient–doctor covenant
Author
Martin J. Tobin
Publication date
01-10-2018
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 10/2018
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-018-5282-x

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