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Haunted Manuscripts: Ghost Authorship in the Medical Literature

STEPHANIE NGAI BSc Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit, Baycrest Centre For Geriatric Care, Toronto, Ontario
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JENNIFER L. GOLD BSc BCL LLB Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit, Baycrest Centre For Geriatric Care, Toronto, Ontario; Department of Law and Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA (MPH student)
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SUDEEP S. GILL MD MSc Faculty of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit, Baycrest Centre For Geriatric Care; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario
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PAULA A. ROCHON MD MPH Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit, Baycrest Centre For Geriatric Care; Departments of Medicine and Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, OntarioCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 103-114 | Published online: 15 Aug 2006

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