Tag
ethics
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Review: Doctors experimented on healthy people
The Associated Press’ Mike Stobbe found more than 40 instances of doctors making patients sick for the sake of experimentation…
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Exploring ethics, standards in science blogging
As a follow up to ScienceOnline 2011, independent journalist Maryn McKenna writes about bringing the standards of journalism to blogging.…
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Ind. station runs ‘canned’ story about Fla. boy
Jeremy Cox, medical reporter for the Jacksonville (Fla.) Times-Union, calls our attention to a television report about a boy who…
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Scary secrets about ghostwriting in journals
Just in time for Halloween, an anonymous medical ghostwriter spoke to Phil Davis over at the Scholarly Kitchen about the…
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Sponsored links in health content expanding
Healthline Navigator, a product that places sponsored links within editorial health content, is rolling out on sites that include Yahoo…
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Ethics audits of health-related agencies available
Every year, the federal Office of Government Ethics audits ethics programs at a few federal agencies and departments. The targeted…
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Pfizer-funded workshop raises questions of ethics
Christopher Weaver, in a piece from Kaiser Health News and NPR, writes about a Pfizer-funded seminar for journalists. To attend…
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M.D. journalist suggests guidelines for dual roles
Tom Linden, M.D., looks at the role of physician reporters in covering disasters, particularly in light of the Haiti earthquake…
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Medical groups voluntarily tighten ethics rules
Writing for NPR’s health blog, Maggie Mertens reports that while recently passed reform legislation includes the “Physician Payments Sunshine Act”…
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Reporter’s requests were on behalf of investigators
In recent days, news coverage has detailed how a freelance health journalist was hired by a private investigative firm to…