TY - JOUR
AU - David F. Horrobin
AB - Peer review can be performed successfully only if those involved have a clear idea as to its fundamental purpose. Most authors of articles on the subject assume that the purpose of peer review is quality control. This is an inadequate answer. The fundamental purpose of peer review in the biomedical sciences must be consistent with that of medicine itself, to cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always. Peer review must therefore aim to facilitate the introduction into medicine of improved ways of curing, relieving, and comforting patients. The fulfillment of this aim requires both quality control and the encouragement of innovation. If an appropriate balance between the two is lost, then peer review will fail to fulfill its purpose.(JAMA. 1990;263:1438-1441)
BT - JAMA
DA - 1990-03-09
DO - 10.1001/jama.1990.03440100162024
IS - 10
N2 - Peer review can be performed successfully only if those involved have a clear idea as to its fundamental purpose. Most authors of articles on the subject assume that the purpose of peer review is quality control. This is an inadequate answer. The fundamental purpose of peer review in the biomedical sciences must be consistent with that of medicine itself, to cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always. Peer review must therefore aim to facilitate the introduction into medicine of improved ways of curing, relieving, and comforting patients. The fulfillment of this aim requires both quality control and the encouragement of innovation. If an appropriate balance between the two is lost, then peer review will fail to fulfill its purpose.(JAMA. 1990;263:1438-1441)
PY - 1990
SP - 1438
EP - 1441
T2 - JAMA
TI - The Philosophical Basis of Peer Review and the Suppression of Innovation
UR - https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1990.03440100162024
VL - 263
Y2 - 2023-12-08
SN - 0098-7484
ER -