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Challenging Medical Ghostwriting in US Courts

Complaints about the ethics of medical ghostwriting have increased in the last decade, but little has changed [1–14]. Corruption of the scientific literature through ghostwriting persists in medicine due to the enormous profits for all stakeholders [15], including the pharmaceutical industry that creates the publication strategy, academic researchers acting as key opinion leaders (KOLs) for ind...

Outlines of Medical Jurisprudence for Indian Criminal Courts

This small handbook on Medical Jurisprudence is primarily intended for the use of policeofficers, native magistrates, and vakeels. That such a book was required is evident from the fact that although these officers have daily to deal with criminal cases involving medicolegal questions, the subject of medical jurisprudence finds no place iu their qualifying examinations ; and the only existing s...

Medical Expertise, Bodies, and the Law in Early Modern Courts

Going beyond Enlightenment critiques of ancien régime justice, historians are now exploring its distinctive procedures; courtrooms have become a fundamental site for recapturing early modern political and social dynamics. Historians of science and medicine can benefit too. Serving as expert witnesses was prominent among the activities of medical practitioners; and, especially in Continental Eur...

The courts as policy-makers : a medical malpractice case study

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