Standardized Study Designs, Value Judgments, and Financial Conflicts of Interest in Research

摘要: The potential for financial conflicts of interest (COIs) to influence scientific research has become a significant concern. Some commentators have suggested that the development standardized study protocols could help alleviate these problems. This paper identifies two problems with this solution: (1) incorporates numerous methodological judgments cannot be constrained by protocols; and (2) standardization can hide value judgments. These arise because four weaknesses guidelines: incompleteness, limited applicability, selective ignorance, ossification. Therefore, designs should not serve as an alternative addressing interests power relations pervade science policy-making. Policy makers take at least steps prevent powerful groups from co-opting guidelines. First, their review made transparent possible shou...