Healthy Skepticism Library item: 4689

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Publication type: Journal Article

Dingle B.
Physicians and the pharmaceutical industry.
CMAJ 1993 Feb 15; 148:(4):485-6

Abstract:

The author is the chair of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario task force examining the relationship between the medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry. In adopting the guidelines of the Canadian Medical Association, the CPSO has accepted a national standard of behaviour. It appears that Jablonsky does not understand either the process of or the need for professional self-government. Does Jablonsky want to be a member of a profession that won’t accept its responsibilities.

Keywords:
*letter to the editor/Canada/guidelines, discussion of/Canadian Medical Association/College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario/ relationship between medical profession and industry/ETHICAL ISSUES IN PROMOTION: LINKS BETWEEN HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND INDUSTRY

Notes:

Reply to: George Jablonsky, Canadian Medical Association Journal 1992;147:1415.
Reply from: George Jablonsky, Canadian Medical Association Journal 1993;148:486.