Healthy Skepticism Library item: 4357
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Publication type: Journal Article
Jablonsky G.
Physicians and the pharmaceutical industry.
CMAJ 1992 Nov 15; 147:(10):1415
Abstract:
Guidelines and policy statements all assume that physicians are mindless idiots who cannot think for themselves and are easily swayed by material incentives into prescribing certain brands of medications. The authors rejects the need for guidelines on the grounds that he is perfectly capable of making ethical decisions for himself.
Keywords:
*letter to the editor/Canada/guidelines, discussion of/ relationship between medical profession and industry/ATTITUDES REGARDING PROMOTION: HEALTH PROFESSIONALS/ETHICAL ISSUES IN PROMOTION: LINKS BETWEEN HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND INDUSTRY/INFLUENCE OF PROMOTION: PRESCRIBING, DRUG USE
Drug Industry*
Ethics, Medical*
Humans
Interprofessional Relations*
Physicians*
