Healthy Skepticism Library item: 11474

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Publication type: Journal Article

Kassirer JP.
Financial conflicts in the medical profession: an ongoing, unresolved problem
Open Medicine 2007 Sep 18; 1:(3):epub
http://www.openmedicine.ca/article/view/133/64

Abstract:

The complex intertwining of the American medical profession and the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and device industries has created consequences that continue to unfold, and the ramifications of these relations should be of concern in every country. In sum, I believe that American doctors have become excessively dependent on the largesse of industry, that these financial connections between industry and physicians have a negative influence on the quality and cost of patient care, that they are detrimental to the trust of the public, and that the American profession’s response to these threats has been inadequate.1

This is a twofold tragedy, for it harms the images and reputations of an outstanding corps of medical professionals and of remarkably innovative and productive pharmaceutical, biotechnology and device industries…

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