Healthy Skepticism Library item: 12044
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Publication type: Journal Article
Jones D.
Health authority bans physician shadowing
CMAJ 2007 Nov 20; 177:(11):1339-40
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/reprint/177/11/1339
Abstract:
In British Columbia’s biggest health authority, the days when a pharmaceutical or medical equipment sales representative could scrub in and attend a surgery in an operating theatre, wander unattended through the emergency room or even be involved in the delivery of medications to patients, are now over.
Fraser Health issued a policy directive Sept. 5 banning sales visits with staff or physicians in clinical care areas. It also directed that such business meetings be conducted away from patients and outlawed preceptorships…
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