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Speaking up for science in era of disinformation
Attacks on science highlight the importance of promoting academic medicine
BMJ 2025; 388 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r2 (Published 06 January 2025) Cite this as: BMJ 2025;388:r2
- Stephen R Hanney, emeritus professor1,
- Annette Boaz, professor and director2,
- Bryony Soper, honorary professor1
- 1Health Economics Research Group, College of Health Medicine and Life Sciences, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, UK
- 2Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King’s Policy Institute, King’s College London, London, UK
- stephen.hanney{at}brunel.ac.uk
Some of the crucial matters raised in Dobson’s article about disinformation1 emphasise the urgency of making progress with The BMJ’s Commission on the Future of Academic Medicine.2
One, perhaps extreme, example comes from the covid-19 pandemic, when disinformation was rampant. The rapid production of scientifically valid evidence was necessary, though sadly not always sufficient. The earlier embedding of research networks across all hospital trusts …
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