Correspondence

Society's Price for Endangered Clinical Research

Authors: H. J. Roberts, MD, FACP

Abstract

To the Editor:


The report by the Institute for Health Policy 1 concerning the appalling decline of clinical research conducted at academic health centers deserves the attention of primary care physicians and researchers. The potential consequences in terms of the threat to public health are enormous. Many of these consequences remain unrecognized by physicians, however, largely because dedicated clinicians and potential whistle-blowers are unable to have their independent insights published in peer-reviewed journals and thus give up their attempts to convey the fruits of such observations.

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