TY - JOUR
T1 - Should all medical research be published? the moral responsibility of medical journal editors
AU - Ploug, Thomas
N1 - © Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2018. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.
PY - 2018/10
Y1 - 2018/10
N2 - This article reinvigorates a key question in publication ethics: Is there research that it is permissible to conduct but that ought not to be published? The article raises the question in relation to two recent medical studies. It is argued (1) that the publication of these studies may cause significant harm to individuals, (2) that editors of medical journals have a moral responsibility for such harm, (3) that denial of publication is inadequate as an instrument to fulfil this moral responsibility and (4) that internationally acknowledged publication ethics codes should incorporate this aspect of editors' moral responsibility.
AB - This article reinvigorates a key question in publication ethics: Is there research that it is permissible to conduct but that ought not to be published? The article raises the question in relation to two recent medical studies. It is argued (1) that the publication of these studies may cause significant harm to individuals, (2) that editors of medical journals have a moral responsibility for such harm, (3) that denial of publication is inadequate as an instrument to fulfil this moral responsibility and (4) that internationally acknowledged publication ethics codes should incorporate this aspect of editors' moral responsibility.
KW - publication ethics
KW - research ethics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85048885150&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1136/medethics-2018-104785
DO - 10.1136/medethics-2018-104785
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 29925607
AN - SCOPUS:85048885150
SN - 0306-6800
VL - 44
SP - 690
EP - 694
JO - Journal of Medical Ethics
JF - Journal of Medical Ethics
IS - 10
ER -