Healthy Skepticism Library item: 4208
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Publication type: Journal Article
Margolis LH.
The ethics of accepting gifts from pharmaceutical companies.
Pediatrics 1991 Dec; 88:(6):1233-7
Abstract:
How physicians respond to the promotional activities of the pharmaceutical industry is the subject of ongoing debate and controversy. This paper postulates that the acceptance of gifts in virtually any form violates fundamental duties of the physician of nonmaleficence, fidelity, justice and self-improvement. The medical community must articulate this position clearly, and it should act accordingly.
Keywords:
*analysis/promotion costs and volume/bioethics/gift giving/relationship between medical profession and industry/agency role/ETHICAL ISSUES IN PROMOTION: GIFT GIVING/INFLUENCE OF PROMOTION: DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP/INFLUENCE OF PROMOTION: PROFESSIONALISM/REGULATION, CODES, GUIDELINES: HEALTH PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Beneficence
Disclosure
Drug Industry*
Ethical Theory
Ethics, Medical*
Gift Giving*
Humans
Marketing of Health Services
Research Subjects
Therapeutic Human Experimentation
