TY  - JOUR
T1  - Editorial - Ethics of Medical Authorship
AU  - Cowell, Henry R.
Y1  - 1998/02/01
N1  - 
JO  - The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
SP  - 151
EP  - 3
VL  - 80
IS  - 2
N2  - 
    In an article in this issue, Wenger and Lieberman provide "an assessment of orthopaedic surgeons' knowledge of medical ethics." The authors note: "The respondents appropriately handled questions involving economic aspects, truth-telling, confidentiality, and an incompetent colleague. However, there was poorer understanding of proper ethical conduct with regard to informed consent." Having served as Editor of The Journal for twelve and a half years, and having been confronted with the difficulty that authors have understanding proper ethical conduct with regard to informed consent, the findings of Wenger and Lieberman come as no surprise to me.

SN  - 0021-9355
M3  - doi: 
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ER  -