Data Sharing: An Ethical and Scientific Imperative

• Published in: JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 315; no. 12; pp. 1238 - 1240
• Main Authors: Bauchner, Howard, Golub, Robert M, Fontanarosa, Phil B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Medical Association 22.03.2016
• Subjects: Clinical trials; Clinical Trials as Topic - ethics; Clinical Trials as Topic - standards; Data Anonymization - ethics; Data Anonymization - standards; Data Interpretation, Statistical; Humans; Information Dissemination - ethics; Information sharing; Medical ethics; Publication Bias; Research Subjects; Social Responsibility

Sharing data produced from clinical trials has 2 principal purposes: verification of the original analysis and hypothesis generation. It has the potential to advance scientific discovery, improve clinical care, and increase knowledge gained from data collected in these trials. As such, data sharing...