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Karen Woolley delivered an impressive keynote speech titled "Getting Respect--Two Steps Forward and?" She addressed head-on the challenges of banishing the practice of ghostwriting in medical communication and the critical importance of ethics in medical writing and editing.

Woolley is the CEO of ProScribe Communications, and an adjunct associate professor at the University of Queensland, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia.

The blog will have more on the speech later. Full coverage will be available in the AMWA Journal. The speech was audiotaped and will be posted at a later date in the members-only section of the AMWA web site.

Articles referenced by Woolley in her talk:

Gøtzsche, PC et al. What Should Be Done To Tackle Ghostwriting in the Medical Literature? [Authors include Karen Woolley and Cindy Hamilton, 2008-09 AMWA president.]

Woolley, KL. Goodbye Ghostwriters! How To Work Ethically and Efficiently With Professional Medical Writers.^*