plagiarism is a serious debate in scientific community and in recent years has been in the center of interest in academic and scientific communities. plagiarism is considered as an unethical and improper act, because it constitutes theft from an intellectual work. self-plagiarism is considered as a sort of plagiarism and is defined as an improper release of information as a new idea, or using m...

OBJECTIVES To study whether systematic reviewers apply procedures to counter-balance some common forms of research malpractice such as not publishing completed research, duplicate publications, or selective reporting of outcomes, and to see whether they identify and report misconduct. DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis of systematic reviews and survey of their authors. PARTICIPANTS 118 systema...

BACKGROUND The identification of health care professionals who are incompetent, impaired, exploitative or have criminal intent is important for public safety. It is unclear whether psychiatrists are more likely to commit medical misconduct offences than non-psychiatrists, and if the nature of these offences is different. AIM The aim of this study was to compare the characteristics of psychiat...

Article history: Received 28 March 2011 Received in revised form 26 December 2011 Accepted 24 January 2012 Available online 18 February 2012 There is a long tradition of theoretical and empirical research linking intelligence to criminal activity. At the same time, the extant literature has been slow to examine this relationship in other settings. One such setting in which this relationship may...

Academic misconduct in the forms of cheating and plagiarism is a large and growing problem that has been acknowledged in both the public and academic realms. In 2000, three-quarters of American college and university students said they had cheated on an exam (Williams, 2001). Additionally, according to a survey by Who’s Who Among American High School Students, more than four-fifths said cheatin...

Background Cheating rate is rising and engages newer methods. This study performed to estimate the rate of research misconduct in the thesis of undergraduate and postgraduate medical students in 2015. Methods In this cross sectional study, all undergraduate and postgraduate medical students graduated during the study period in 2015, from the School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical S...

I laud Dr. DeMaria’s efforts in summarizing the issues surrounding the medical malpractice crisis in the November issue of the Journal (1). However, I am struck by the lack of courage of state medical licensing boards in not advocating for stronger laws, policies, and procedures to focus on the 5% of physicians responsible for 50% malpractice payouts. Whereas the medical profession should be co...

Jonathan M. Stern is Chair of the DRI Aerospace Law Committee. He practices aerospace and insurance coverage law with Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, where he is resident in the Firm’s Washington, DC, office. Mr. Stern, who holds FAA-issued commercial pilot, control tower operator, and ground instructor certificates, was formerly an air traffic controller at Washington National Airport and...

Numerous malpractice lawsuits have been filed against health care providers by patients who claimed that, upon suffering a serious injury after refusing care, they did not fully understand the potential consequences of such refusal. In a typical situation, a patient alleges that the health care provider was negligent in not fully disclosing the risks of treatment refusal. Coupled with this alle...

Current remedies for prosecutorial misconduct, such as reversal of conviction or dismissal of charges, are rarely granted by courts and thus do not deter prosecutors effectively. Further, such all-or-nothing remedial schemes are often problematic from corrective and expressive perspectives, especially when misconduct has not affected the trial verdict. When granted, such remedies produce windfa...