Identifying Duplicate Publications: Primum non Nocere

Identifying duplicate publications: primum non nocere.

Errami and Garner published in the January 24, 2008 issue of Nature an article entitled “A Tale of Two Citations” that deals with the timely subject of publication of duplicate papers (1 ). With the increase in the number of scientific journals and the ongoing pressure to publish in them, inappropriate and unethical practices such as plagiarism, unauthorized “cosubmission” of a paper to two or ...

Primum non nocere.

The attending surgeon, still dressed in his tuxedo, was clearly drunk; the patient, dressed in a revealing party gown, had also had a few drinks. I was the junior resident on surgical call. I never dared to ask how the diagnosis was made but, somehow, during the party, the surgeon learned that she had an inflamed superficial varicosity of her upper thigh. He told her that she needed to have thi...

Primum non nocere.

Primum non nocere

Primum Non Nocere