1. Assessing conflict of interest: Sources of bias

   • Stephanic J. Bird

   Editorial Pages: 386 - 388

2. Reflections on peer review practices in committees selecting laureates for prestigious awards and prizes: Some relevant and irrelevant criteria

   • Ashok K. Vijh

   Comment Pages: 389 - 394

3. Financial interests of authors in scientific journals: A pilot study of 14 publications

   • Sheldon Krimsky
   • L. S. Rothenberg
   • G. Kyle

   OriginalPaper Pages: 395 - 410

4. The morality of scientific openness

   • Christian Munthe
   • Stellan Welin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 411 - 428

5. Prediction and Rolston’s environmental ethics: Lessons from the philosophy of science

   • William J. McKinney

   OriginalPaper Pages: 429 - 440

6. Scientific integrity: Review of the symposium held in Warsaw, Poland, 23 November 1995

   • A. Gorski

   ReviewPaper Pages: 441 - 442

7. An introduction to research ethics

   • Paul J. Friedman

   EditorialNotes Pages: 443 - 456

8. Competing interests: The need to control conflict of interests in biomedical research

   • Daniel Steiner

   OriginalPaper Pages: 457 - 468

9. Proliferation of authors on research reports in medicine

   • Joost P. H. Drenth

   OriginalPaper Pages: 469 - 480

10. A review

    • Alan H. Berger

    A Series Of Reviews Animal-To-Human Transplants: The Ethics Of Xenotransplantation Pages: 481 - 482

11. Regulation of xenotransplantation: Are we asking the right questions?

    • Jay A. Fishman

    A Series Of Reviews Animal-To-Human Transplants: The Ethics Of Xenotransplantation Pages: 483 - 485

12. Public health concerns take center stage in Nuffield Council on Bioethics

    • Jonathan S. Allan

    A Series Of Reviews Animal-To-Human Transplants: The Ethics Of Xenotransplantation Pages: 486 - 490

13. Books received

    Announcement Pages: 490 - 490