Healthy Skepticism Library item: 4380

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Publication type: Journal Article

Meyer DL.
Pharmaceutical company-sponsored educational activities: who benefits? who pays?
Family Medicine 1992; 24:565, 568

Abstract:

The family medicine residency where the author works refused to accept a $900 scholarship from Burroughs Wellcome to send a resident to the American Academy of Family Medicine meeting because ultimately it is the patient who pays the cost. The practice also does not allow sales representatives into the practice and refuses to allow drug company sponsored educational presentations. The underlying philosophy is that patients end up paying.

Keywords:
*letter to the editor/United States/physicians in training/ family medicine centre/ sales representatives/ drug company sponsored meals and travel/ consumer drug prices/ continuing medical education/ corporate funding/ attitude toward promotion/ATTITUDES REGARDING PROMOTION: MEDICAL EDUCATORS/EDUCATING ABOUT PROMOTION: PHYSICIANS IN TRAINING Drug Industry* Ethics, Medical* Internship and Residency/economics* Training Support* United States