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scientific misconduct

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scientific misconduct,
n the fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism of research data, or other violations of ethical standards of the scientific community.


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Organized into 17 chapters, the second edition of "Case Studies in Public Health Ethics" covers issues of privacy and confidentiality protection, informed consent in public health research, the ethics of randomized trials, vulnerable populations, genetic discrimination, AIDS prevention and treatment, health care reform, scientific misconduct, conflicts of interest, intellectual property and more.
Parker insisted that there were no other problems with the paper other than the copied paragraphs, but he and five other editors of his journal still decided that because the paper included "an act of scientific misconduct, retraction was the correct course of action in this instance.
Scientists subject to harassment including frivolous charges of scientific misconduct or open record requests and other legal processes that are unreasonable in scope or demand--should have the right to seek damages by filing an action in Federal court.
 
 
 
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