Healthy Skepticism Library item: 4307

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Publication type: Journal Article

Arkinstall WW.
Physicians and pharmaceutical companies.
CMAJ 1992 Feb 1; 146:(3):327-8

Abstract:

Much of the criticism of the relationship between doctors and the pharmaceutical industry has been generated by doctors more active in academia than in clinical practice. Woollard is concerned that the interaction may result in inappropriate therapy but has not provided any hard evidence of this. The author resents the implication that physicians can be influenced by industry to inappropriately treat their patients. It is high time that the element of suspicion surrounding the interactions between physicians and the industry be put to rest.

Keywords:
*letter to the editor/Canada/quality of prescribing/ relationship between medical profession and industry/guidelines, discussion of/ attitude toward industry/ETHICAL ISSUES IN PROMOTION: LINKS BETWEEN HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND INDUSTRY/INFLUENCE OF PROMOTION: PROFESSIONALISM Canada Drug Industry* Ethics, Medical* Humans Physicians*