Zeitoun Jean-David, Rouquette Sébastien
Centre hospitalier Diaconesses-Croix Saint-Simon, service de proctologie médico-interventionnelle, 75012 Paris, France.
Presse Med. 2012 Sep;41(9 Pt 1):872-7. doi: 10.1016/j.lpm.2012.05.002. Epub 2012 Jun 28.
There is for a scientific journal several levels of communication depending of the degree of suspicion or certainty of a case of error or fraud. The task is increasingly difficult for journal editors as disclosed cases of fraud are more common and scientific communication on this topic is growing. Biomedical fraud is fairly little reported by the mainstream press and causes of this low interest are not currently well understood. The difficulty of processing this type of news for journalists appears to be one possible reason. The potentially numerous and significant consequences of fraud on health professionals are poorly documented. Though it is likely to cause a feeling of distrust and create controversy, the impact of fraud on the general public is poorly studied and appears multifactorial.
对于一份科学期刊而言，根据错误或欺诈案例的怀疑程度或确定程度，存在几个沟通层次。随着披露的欺诈案例越来越普遍，且关于这一主题的科学交流不断增加，期刊编辑的任务变得越来越困难。主流媒体对生物医学欺诈的报道相当少，目前还不清楚这种低关注度的原因。记者处理这类新闻的困难似乎是一个可能的原因。欺诈行为对健康专业人员可能产生的大量且重大的后果记录不足。尽管欺诈行为可能会引发不信任感并引发争议，但对公众的影响研究不足，而且似乎是多因素的。
