Article ; Online: Epistemic Corruption, the Pharmaceutical Industry, and the Body of Medical Science
Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics, Vol
2021 Volume 6
Abstract: When a knowledge system importantly loses integrity, ceasing to provide the kinds of trusted knowledge expected of it, we can label this epistemic corruption. Epistemic corruption often occurs because the system has been co-opted for interests at odds ... ...
Abstract | When a knowledge system importantly loses integrity, ceasing to provide the kinds of trusted knowledge expected of it, we can label this epistemic corruption. Epistemic corruption often occurs because the system has been co-opted for interests at odds with some of the central goals thought to lie behind it. There is now abundant evidence that the involvement of pharmaceutical companies corrupts medical science. Within the medical community, this is generally assumed to be the result of conflicts of interest. However, some important ways that the industry corrupts are not captured well by standard analyses in terms of conflicts of interest. It is not just that there is a body of medical science perverted by industry largesse. Instead, much of the corruption of medical science via the pharmaceutical industry happens through grafting activities: Pharmaceutical companies do their own research and smoothly integrate it with medical science, taking advantage of the legitimacy of the latter. |
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Keywords | bias ; medical research ; pharmaceutical industry ; epistemic corruption ; conflict of interest ; Bibliography. Library science. Information resources ; Z |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z |
Publisher | Frontiers Media S.A. |
Document type | Article ; Online |
Database | BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection) |
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