Healthy Skepticism Library item: 6788

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Publication type: Journal Article

Gutkin C.
Pharmaceutical industry and the medical profession
Canadian Family Physician 1998; 44:1756

Abstract:

The College of Family Physicians of Canada will only accredit continuing medical education programs that follow the guidelines from the Canadian Medical Association and the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Canada. PMAC and the College share the same principles about high quality CME events. Ultimately, the relationship between physicians and the industry will be defined by the moral and ethical perspectives of the physicians who develop each CME activity and by those who decide whether they will attend.

Keywords:
*analysis/Canada/ Canadian Family Physician/ Canadian Medical Association/ College of Family Physicians of Canada/ continuing medical education/ Code of Marketing Practices (Can)/ guidelines, discussion of/ Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Canada/PROMOTION DISGUISED: SUPPORT FOR CME/REGULATION, CODES, GUIDELINES: HEALTH PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS/REGULATION, CODES, GUIDELINES: INDUSTRY SELF-REGULATION