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College was right not to disclose deliberations about chronic fatigue treatment trial, tribunal rules

BMJ 2013; 347 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f5355 (Published 30 August 2013) Cite this as: BMJ 2013;347:f5355

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Re: College was right not to disclose deliberations about chronic fatigue treatment trial, tribunal rules

The views of any tribunal judge, in matters of scientific openness are irrelevant. Readers of scientific papers will decide for themselves, what weight to give to the work of researchers who hide evidence under the skirts of judges.

In this case, the accusation that those who seek to know the full extent of research that authors have chosen to hide from the public, are being "malicious", is, in my opinion, libellous in itself.

Truth will out.

Competing interests: No competing interests

01 September 2013
Steve Hawkins
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