Why Having a (Nonfinancial) Interest Is Not a Conflict of Interest
Why Having a (Nonfinancial) Interest Is Not a Conflict of Interest
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DOI：
10.1371/journal.pbio.2001221
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发表时间：
2016-12-01
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影响因子：
9.8
通讯作者：
Grundy, Quinn
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作者：
Bero, Lisa A.;Grundy, Quinn
当前关于与生物医学研究相关的利益冲突的争论是质疑对经济利益冲突的关注是否掩盖了可能使科学判断面临同等或更大偏见风险的“非经济”利益。有大量证据表明，经济利益冲突（如对研究和研究人员的商业赞助）导致科学研究在研究过程的各个阶段出现系统性偏见。将“利益冲突”与一般意义上的“利益”混为一谈，只会混淆如何管理利益冲突的问题。我们呼吁加强利益冲突的披露和政策行动，而不是将披露作为唯一的管理策略。我们提出了一种不同的策略来更广泛地管理利益，以确保公平的代表权和问责制。
A current debate about conflicts of interest related to biomedical research is to question whether the focus on financial conflicts of interest overshadows "nonfinancial" interests that could put scientific judgment at equal or greater risk of bias. There is substantial evidence that financial conflicts of interest such as commercial sponsorship of research and investigators lead to systematic biases in scientific research at all stages of the research process. Conflation of "conflicts of interest" with "interests" in general serves to muddy the waters about how to manage conflicts of interest. We call for heightened disclosure of conflicts of interest and policy action beyond disclosure as the sole management strategy. We propose a different strategy to manage interests more broadly to ensure fair representation and accountability.