Guy Gelert
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Guy Gelert
@grouchogelert.bsky.social
Of enlightenment physicians: ‘The choice of the medical topic does not seem to have been important…. The obvious difficulty was that would-be authors had little practical knowledge and no research infrastructure on which to fall back.’

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Dishonesty and research misconduct within the medical profession - BMC Medical Ethics
While there has been much discussion of how the scientific establishment’s culture can engender research misconduct and scientific irreproducibility, this has been discussed much less frequently with ...
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September 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Reposted by Guy Gelert
Time for your yearly reminder that “We need less research, better research, and research done for the right reasons”. #OTD 1948 Douglas Altman b (d 3 June 2018) “One of the most influential medical statisticians of the past 50 years” he led reforms in medical research reliability & reporting. 1/3
July 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM