Healthy Skepticism Library item: 4085

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Publication type: Journal Article

Noble RC.
Physicians and the pharmaceutical industry
Annals of Internal Medicine 1990; 113:408

Abstract:

The guidelines developed by the American College of Physicians are inadequate. Money for promotion drives up the price of drugs. Doctors should pay the full cost of their continuing medical education. The question “would you be willing to have these arrangements [with the pharmaceutical industry] generally known?”, is also inadequate. Physicians should not take gifts from the pharmaceutical industry.

Keywords:
*letter to the editor/United States/attitude toward industry/gift giving/ continuing medical education/ American College of Physicians/ relationship between medical profession and industry/regulation of promotion/ATTITUDES REGARDING PROMOTION: HEALTH PROFESSIONALS/ETHICAL ISSUES IN PROMOTION: GIFT GIVING/ETHICAL ISSUES IN PROMOTION: LINKS BETWEEN HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND INDUSTRY/REGULATION, CODES, GUIDELINES: HEALTH PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS