Fraud and sloppiness in science.
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چکیده
This past year has seen a flurry of governmental activity concerned with fraud in science. Congressman Albert Gore, Jr., Chairman of the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight of the House Committee on Science and Technology, held hearings on this issue March 31 and April 1. Not to be outdone, Senator Orrin G. Hatch, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, held a similar set of hearings on June 2, which were closely followed on June 5 by a special meeting in Boston of the President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Perspectives on the professions
دوره 1 3-4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1981