Error and Fraud

This fascinating book gives readers an appreciation of how biomedical research should work and how the reality is all too often seriously flawed.

Autorentext

Dr Geoffrey P Webb (BSc MSc PHd SFHEA) is Senior Lecturer at the University of East London and one of the UK's leading experts on Nutrition.

Inhalt

Preface. Prologue. Acknowledgements. Research strategies in the biomedical sciences. Case studies of scientific errors. More general concerns about scientific credibility. The accused - case studies of scientists accused. Research fraud overview. Protection - barriers to the publication of fraudulent data. Detection: identifying fraud after publication. Disinfection and measures for minimising the impact. Index.