DOI: 10.1097/NUR.0b013e3181b235ca

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PMID: 19710573

Issn Print: 0887-6274

Publication Date: 2009/09/01


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A Case of Scientific Misconduct

PATRICIA O'MALLEY

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I have been the column editor for the "Pharmacology Consult" column for Clinical Nurse Specialist since 2005. Papers appearing in the column are designed to help the clinical nurse specialist (CNS) navigate the increasingly complex issues surrounding pharmacological treatment in CNS practice. Feedback from CNSs, physicians, and students from all over the world keeps me writing. I like to think that the column reviews of new and old agents make a positive impact on patient care and CNS practice.
The manuscript I prepared for a recent column has been shredded and is in the trash can next to my desk. After the shredding, I contacted my Editor. Now, I sit before a blank page wondering how to share with you what has happened. I am also thinking about all the wasted hours of work and the lack of time to begin again. I feel sick thinking about all the clinical protocols that may have to be reevaluated in light of the troubling information slowly taking shape on the Web, in the press, and on the way to peer-reviewed journals.
The shredded manuscript explored a relabeled agent and multimodal analgesia with implications for CNS practice. When the manuscript was completed, I returned to the literature one more time to make sure the sources were current, that I had not missed anything. To my disbelief, I found that several of the published papers I had used as references had been retracted.
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