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|Resource Type=Cases
|Title=Handling of Scientific Dishonesty in the Nordic Countries
|Is About=Scientific dishonesty in medical research has received increased attention over recent years. A survey among 274 medical scientists in Norway showed that 22% knew about cases of serious misconduct, and 3% were aware of falsification or fabrication of data. 9% of the respondents had themselves contributed to one or more incidents of misconduct<ref>Nylenna, Magne, et al. "Handling of scientific dishonesty in the Nordic countries." ''The Lancet'' 354.9172 (1999): 57-61.</ref>. This is a factual anonymized case.<references />
|Important Because=Despite a widely recognised need, most countries still have no coherent system to deal with scientific misconduct Committees have been established by the national medical research councils in Denmark (1992), Norway (1994), and Sweden (1997), and by the Ministry of Education in Finland (1994), to deal with scientific misconduct - ie, to initiate preventive measures, to investigate alleged cases, or both<ref>Nylenna, Magne, et al. "Handling of scientific dishonesty in the Nordic countries." ''The Lancet'' 354.9172 (1999): 57-61.</ref>.
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|Important For=researchers; research leaders
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|Has Link=https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(98)07133-5/fulltext
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|Related To Theme=Theme:5f65272f-6e95-4768-8236-bc821a97f3d8;Theme:047c3bec-1747-499b-b6d5-684cbfb81edd
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{{Tags
|Has Timepoint=1992-1999
|Has Location=Norway; Finland; Sweden; Denmark
|Has Virtue And Value=Honesty
|Has Good Practice And Misconduct=Authorship; Ghost authorship
|Related To Research Area=Clinical Medicine
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