Healthy Skepticism Library item: 1861

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Publication type: Journal Article

Banks JW 3rd, Mainous AG 3rd.
Attitudes of medical school faculty toward gifts from the pharmaceutical industry.
Acad Med 1992 Sep; 67:(9):610-2

Abstract:

The American Medical Association (AMA) has recently published guidelines for the receipt of gifts from industry representatives. To examine faculty members’ attitudes toward that AMA policy as it pertains to gifts from the pharmaceutical industry, the authors surveyed the faculty of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine in 1991. Of 462 faculty members, 248 (54%) completed the questionnaires. The faculty generally agreed with the AMA guidelines. A majority of the faculty believed that personal relationships had the potential to influence prescribing patterns but that gifts, in general, did not greatly influence prescribing behaviors. Compared with the 169 M.D. faculty, the 69 Ph.D. faculty significantly favored more restrictive policies (p less than .001). The authors discuss both the ethical considerations and the utility of guidelines for physician-industry interactions.

Keywords:
American Medical Association/organization & administration Attitude* Drug Industry/standards* Educational Status Ethics, Medical Faculty, Medical/standards* Fund Raising/standards* Gift Giving* Humans Kentucky Organizational Policy Questionnaires United States