Questionable Authorship Decisions

Authorship Authorship

Are bad outcomes from questionable clinical decisions preventable medical errors? A case of cascade iatrogenesis.

When a patient with multiple, complicated conditions is admitted to a hospital and risky procedures are performed that result in adverse outcomes, the difficulties inherent in determining whether and when a preventable medical error has occurred must be addressed. This article analyzes the case of a 40-year-old woman with a history of chronic aortic dissection and pericardial effusion who was a...

Authorship

The editorial board of the Korean Journal of Family Medicine has received several queries, especially regarding publication ethics. Among the many areas of research publication ethics, the authorship dispute has been one of the most popular issues. Some authors may request the addition of an extra author or removal of others. Sometimes, they want co-authorship (co-first authorship or co-corresp...

The Questionable Tooth

The purpose of this article is to provide a review of the small but loud debate that has surrounded fluoride over the past 50 years. The benefits of fluoridation and its effect on public health are well known throughout the dental community. What is far less well known are the objections from people— in the tradition of the old amalgam and radiograph radiation debates—who feel that fluoride has...

A questionable bruise.

It is occasionally difficult to distinguish between a self-inflicted bruise and true bruise. The important point of diagnosis is a good, thorough history taking and detailed examination of the affected area.