Book contents
- The Trajectory of Discovery
- Reviews
- The Trajectory of Discovery
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Section 1 Incentives, Context, and Capital
- Section 2 The Financial Determinants of Discovery
- Section 3 Bending the Arc
- Chapter 13 Lobbying and Nudging for Change
- Chapter 14 Scientific Elasticity
- Chapter 15 Death of a Star // New Kids on the Block
- Chapter 16 Great Emergencies
- Chapter 17 Fraudulent Findings
- Chapter 18 Serendipity
- Chapter 19 Converging Paths
- Section 4 Reflecting on the Trajectory
- References
- Index
Chapter 17 - Fraudulent Findings
How Does Fraud in Medical Research Influence Progress?
from Section 3 - Bending the Arc
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 April 2023
- The Trajectory of Discovery
- Reviews
- The Trajectory of Discovery
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Section 1 Incentives, Context, and Capital
- Section 2 The Financial Determinants of Discovery
- Section 3 Bending the Arc
- Chapter 13 Lobbying and Nudging for Change
- Chapter 14 Scientific Elasticity
- Chapter 15 Death of a Star // New Kids on the Block
- Chapter 16 Great Emergencies
- Chapter 17 Fraudulent Findings
- Chapter 18 Serendipity
- Chapter 19 Converging Paths
- Section 4 Reflecting on the Trajectory
- References
- Index
Summary
Fraud in medical research is a broad term that encompasses several different misdemeanors: falsification, fabrication, plagiarism, and deception. The scale of medical research fraud isn’t negligible, either. While reliable estimates are hard to come by - since people are unlikely to implicate themselves - studies suggest that the true rate of fraud among published studies lies somewhere between 0.01% and 0.4%. Chapter 17 discusses why people choose to commit fraud in medical research and how the scientific system can incentivize this type of behaviour. Additionally, the chapter explores how medical fraud ultimately affects the rate and direction of medical progress through mechanisms such as the squandering of resources and a loss of trust. The chapter concludes by discussing how we can dissuade future misconduct in medical research.
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- The Trajectory of DiscoveryWhat Determines the Rate and Direction of Medical Progress?, pp. 96 - 99Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023