Conflict of interest policy

摘要

|erceived or real conflicts of interest on the part of the authors continue to be an important part of journal and author work. Spine set the standard before many journals by full disclosure, requiring authors to report potential conflicts of interest when submitting their manuscript for consideration and publishing these statements in accepted articles. "Acknowledge potential conflict and report the data as it is. There is no room for a 'spin physician' when it comes to outcomes that can affect patient care. Veracity counts." "Because we cannot avoid conflict of interest, we must, at a minimum, disclose it." Although the implementation of these disclosure policies has brought much needed transparency to the various relationships among authors, institutions, industry and grant providers, there remain some inconsistencies in the process for the collection and publication of conflict of interest information across most journals, each with a different method.