naa a22 4500 510778917 CHVBK 20180411083240.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11948-011-9339-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11948-011-9339-2 Shelomi Matan Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, c/o Bohart Museum of Entomology, 1 Shields Ave, 95616, Davis, CA, USA aut Mad Scientist: The Unique Case of a Published Delusion [Elektronische Daten] [Matan Shelomi] In 1951, entomologist Jay Traver published in the Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington her personal experiences with a mite infestation of her scalp that resisted all treatment and was undetectable to anyone other than herself. Traver is recognized as having suffered from Delusory Parasitosis: her paper shows her to be a textbook case of the condition. The Traver paper is unique in the scientific literature in that its conclusions may be based on data that was unconsciously fabricated by the author's mind. The paper may merit retraction on the grounds of error or even scientific misconduct "by reason of insanity,” but such a retraction raises the issue of discrimination against the mentally ill. This article asks what responsibilities journals have when faced with delusions disguised as science, what right editors have to question the sanity of an author, and what should be done about the Traver paper itself. By placing higher emphasis on article content than author identity, scientific integrity is maintained and a balance is struck between avoiding discrimination against the mentally ill and not preventing patients from seeking needed treatment. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Scientific misconduct nationallicence Mental illness nationallicence Retraction nationallicence Delusory parasitosis nationallicence Science and Engineering Ethics Springer Netherlands 19/2(2013-06-01), 381-388 1353-3452 19:2<381 2013 19 11948 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-011-9339-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-011-9339-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Shelomi Matan Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, c/o Bohart Museum of Entomology, 1 Shields Ave, 95616, Davis, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Science and Engineering Ethics Springer Netherlands 19/2(2013-06-01), 381-388 1353-3452 19:2<381 2013 19 11948 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer