Healthy Skepticism Library item: 4041
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Publication type: Journal Article
Bricker EM.
Industrial marketing and medical ethics
New England Journal of Medicine 1990; 322:64
Abstract:
It is doubtful that the restrictions that the army imposes on gift giving could be applied in civilian life. Modest remuneration as a token reimbursement for time spent should not pose an important conflict for an ethical participant.
Keywords:
*letter to the editor/United States/conflict of interest/gift giving/ reimbursement to doctors/ clinical trials/ doctors/ETHICAL ISSUES IN PROMOTION: GIFT GIVING/ETHICAL ISSUES IN PROMOTION: PAYMENTS IN STUDIES