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EDUCATION AND DEBATE: Nick McNally, Susan Kerrison, and Allyson M Pollock Reforming clinical research and development in England BMJ 2003; 327: 550-553 [Full text]

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We need to know their interests

susanne McCabe   (12 September 2003)

We need to know their interests 12 September 2003
susanne McCabe, retired home Send response to journal: Re: We need to know their interests	It would be useful to know why people are acknowledged or thanked for their contribution to articles. The judgments we make about material presented is effected by the contributors' position and background. eg Are all the persons thanked for reading the article first, members of Consumers for Research Ethics? They have a certain take on issues but are an informal voluntary group - or did they contribute as members of UCLH? There is no declaration of their interests. (soostevens@hotmail.com) Competing interests:   I have raised issues to do with breach of ethical standards involving LRECs in this area.