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- Title
Was lernen wir aus dem Fall Scott Reuben? Wissenschaftliches Fehlverhalten in der Anästhesiologie.
- Authors
Rittner HL; Kranke P; Schäfer M; Roewer N; Brack A; Rittner, H L; Kranke, P; Schäfer, M; Roewer, N; Brack, A
- Abstract
In February 2009 a major case of scientific misconduct was discovered. The American pain researcher Dr. S. Reuben had published 21 papers over a period of 15 years that were found to be fraudulent. Suddenly many advances in postoperative pain therapy which had been assumed to be correct seemed questionable. In this review article the lessons which can be learnt from this case are described. This review also reveals that it is almost impossible for reviewers or readers of scientific journals to detect scientific fraud. However, several warning signs can be identified that might be useful when reading clinical papers. In retrospect many of these signs were detectable in Reuben's studies. Based on the fraudulent papers of Reuben it will be shown how and to what extent falsified results can affect other types of literature, such as practice guidelines, meta-analyses, review articles and oral presentations.
- Publication
Anaesthesist, 2009, Vol 58, Issue 12, p1199
- ISSN
0003-2417
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00101-009-1637-6