Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to Biomedical periodicals. Champion R. Developing responsibility. Huff D. How to lie with statistics . Dictionary of medical ethics , second edition. Authors must obtain permission to reproduce diagrams, figures and photographs.
Forms are available from the publisher.
As a rule it is also necessary to obtain permission for single passages of prose exceeding 250 words, or scattered passages totalling more than 400 words from any one work. Please supply the Editor with full information for all work cited, including author, date published, publisher and page references. UK copyright extends to 70 years after the death of the author or 70 years after publication of a scholarly edition, whichever is longer. It will be assumed that studies have the approval of local ethics committees where relevant. Proofs will be supplied only once in the form of page proofs.