That is not only because Mr Brillstein's book, unlike the others, is a (ghostwritten) autobiography.

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Still, the very notion that drug companies might seed the medical literature with ghostwritten manuscripts raises hackles for some researchers.

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Brian Mandell, a rheumatologist who is editor-in-chief of the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, says he worries that sometimes articles are completely ghostwritten.

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In the coming weeks, the Journal will delve into books written by (or ghostwritten for) coaches, matching them up against each other to determine a champion.

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The British and Australian literary giants are joined by Impac prize winner Andrew Miller, Ghostwritten author David Mitchell, Orange Prize nominee Ali Smith and newcomer Rachel Seiffert.

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Later, Fugh-Berman says, she was asked to review a paper for a medical journal, and it was the same ghostwritten paper she had previously been offered to pass off as her own.

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Ghost tweeting is a form of ghost writing, an art that's been around since The Tale of Genji appeared in early 11th-century Japan (believed to be the first published novel and ghostwritten, in part, by a relative of the author).

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