Smith Richard
UnitedHealth Europe, London SW1P 1SB.
BMJ. 2005 Jul 30;331(7511):288-91. doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.288.
This year, the journal retracted a study by R K Chandra, and questions have been raised about the integrity of the rest of his work. Who has the responsibility for investigating previous work and if necessary punishing the researcher and correcting the scientific record?