Duplicate publication, Part 2: A case analysis.

Most authors, reviewers, editors, and scholars agree that it is the specific situation that has to be analyzed to determine if a particular manuscript duplicates a previously published one. Duplicate Publication, Part 1, which was published in the Summer 2002 issue of Nurse Author & Editor, described criteria to identify duplication. This article, Part 2, presents a case analysis on the degree of duplication of articles in a case situation.