Ethical aspects of medical publications: clinical assays on biological agents.

Bras J Rheumatol 2010;50(3):217-20 The author declares no conflict of interest. Correspondence to: Ricardo Fuller. Av. Brigadeiro Luiz Antonio, 2.466, conjs. 93-94. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. CEP 01402-000. When I was invited to write an article on this subject, my first impulse was to refuse; my mood quickly went from fear to modesty. How could I write about ethics without describing myself, my faults and transgressions, the most elementary, that I most certainly incur on the course of my duties. However, I then realized that my faults were not much greater or smaller than those of my colleagues.