Healthy Skepticism Library item: 4244

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Publication type: Journal Article

Woollard RF.
Snake oil and Caesar salad: the ethics of physician and pharmaceutical relationships.
CMAJ 1991 Oct 15; 145:(8):931-3

Abstract:

The Canadian Medical Association completed a two year process of consideration and consultation on the relationship between doctors and the pharmaceutical industry that culminated in August 1991 with the passage of its Guidelines for an Ethical Relationship Between Physicians and the Pharmaceutical Industry. The relationships between medicine and the industry are many and varied and involve activities such as research, publications, continuing medical education, promotion and investment. It is possible that Canadian physicians walk delicately through this increasingly complex ethical minefield but some healthy scepticism is in order.

Keywords:
*analysis/Canada/ conflict of interest/ Canadian Medical Association/ relationship between medical profession and industry/guidelines, discussion of/ETHICAL ISSUES IN PROMOTION: LINKS BETWEEN HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND INDUSTRY/REGULATION, CODES, GUIDELINES: HEALTH PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Canada Conflict of Interest* Drug Industry/standards* Ethics, Medical* Humans Pamphlets Physicians/standards*