For years the World Association of Medical Editors’ Ethics Committee has produced rules about what sort of things editors should and should not do. This week, the Committee on Publication Ethics, a British Medical Journal-run publication ethics group, launched its own code for ethical conduct. British Medical Journal today reviews the new code and what it might mean. The code deals with lots of things but what really matters is its focus on conflict of interest.
Labels: codes of ethics, Conflict of Interest, World Association of Medical Editors