Perspectives in biology and medicine
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Perspect. Biol. Med. · Jan 2007
What many transgender activists don't want you to know: and why you should know it anyway.
Currently the predominant cultural understanding of male-to-female transsexualism is that all male-to-female (MtF) transsexuals are, essentially, women trapped in men's bodies. This understanding has little scientific basis, however, and is inconsistent with clinical observations. ⋯ The other subtype, autogynephilic transsexuals, are motivated by the erotic desire to become women. The persistence of the predominant cultural understanding, while explicable, is damaging to science and to many transsexuals.
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Perspect. Biol. Med. · Jan 2007
Ghost marketing: pharmaceutical companies and ghostwritten journal articles.
The use of ghostwriters by industry is subject to increasing public attention and scrutiny. This article addresses the practice and ethics of scientific ghostwriting. ⋯ We argue that this practice is harmful both to the public and to the institutions of science and that it is not justified by an analogy to accepted scientific authorship practices. Finally, we consider ways to discourage the practice.