Healthy Skepticism Library item: 10770

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Publication type: Journal Article

Stiles MM, Barrett B.
Medicine and the pharmaceutical industry: a call to action.
Am Fam Physician 2007 May 15; 75:(10):1447,
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20070515/letters.html

Abstract:

At our practice, we continue to regularly receive a barrage of invitations to free dinners, offers to attend professional athletic venues, and all-expenses-paid consultant meetings at five-star hotels. These events are sponsored by pharmaceutical companies under the umbrella of medical education and research. Why is this still occurring? In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the major medical organizations and medical journals established guidelines to address the relationship between the pharmaceutical industry and medicine. Studies and literature reviews show that gifts to physicians from the pharmaceutical industry influence prescribing patterns of residents and physicians, and the formulary requests of physicians.1…

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Publication Types: Letter MeSH Terms: Attitude of Health Personnel* Drug Industry/economics Drug Industry/ethics* Drug Utilization/ethics Ethics, Medical Family Practice/standards* Female Gift Giving* Humans Interprofessional Relations/ethics* Physician's Practice Patterns/economics Physician's Practice Patterns/ethics* United States

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