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What Should Be Done To Tackle Ghostwriting in the Medical Literature?

Table 1

Checklist for Authors Using Medical Writers: A Practical Tool to Discourage Ghostwriting

Professional medical writers can be legitimate contributors to manuscripts, but ghostwriting is dishonest and unacceptable.

Authors: If a medical writer contributed to the preparation of your manuscript, you must answer the questions below.

doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000023.t001