239 Pages
17 B/W Illustrations
by
CRC Press
239 Pages
17 B/W Illustrations
by
CRC Press
239 Pages
17 B/W Illustrations
by
CRC Press
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This fascinating book gives readers an appreciation of how biomedical research should work and how the reality is all too often seriously flawed. Explaining the logical basis of the different research approaches used by biomedical research scientists and their relative merits, it will help readers to make more realistic appraisal of media reports linking aspects of lifestyle, environment or diet... Read more
Preface
Prologue
Acknowledgements
1. Research strategies in the biomedical sciences
2. Case studies of scientific errors
3. More general concerns about scientific credibility
4. The accused – case studies of scientists accused
5. Research fraud overview
6. Protection – barriers to the publication of fraudulent data
7. Detection: identifying fraud after publication
8. Disinfection and measures for minimising the impact
Index
Biography
Dr Geoffrey P Webb (BSc MSc PHd SFHEA) is Senior Lecturer at the University of East London and one of the UK’s leading experts on Nutrition.
