TY - JOUR T1 - Scientific dishonesty: European reflections JF - Journal of Clinical Pathology JO - J Clin Pathol SP - 573 LP - 573 DO - 10.1136/jcp.54.7.573 VL - 54 IS - 7 AU - I Cavill Y1 - 2001/07/01 UR - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/54/7/573.1.abstract N2 - Dr Riis provides a cool Nordic analysis of scientific dishonesty and concludes that there is a need for a national independent control body that should take initiatives for strong preventative action.1 I disagree.There is no real evidence that scientific dishonesty is on the increase. Even if it were, it does not matter. Unsound data are already published for a variety of reasons, the chief of which are unsound methodologies and … ER -