Medical Authorship: Traditions, Trends, and Tribulations
Authors: W. Bruce Fye
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1990)

History of Medicine15 August 1990Medical Authorship: Traditions, Trends, and TribulationsW. Bruce Fye, MD, MAW. Bruce Fye, MD, MASearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-113-4-317 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe biomedical literature serves many purposes. From it we learn what is known and what we seek to know. Communication of new concepts and discoveries is a critical part of the advance of medicine—whether at the bedside or in the laboratory. There are many components of what may be termed the industry of biomedical communication; this paper focuses on the dynamics of medical authorship. 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