Healthy Skepticism Library item: 13714

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Publication type: Journal Article

Hagen B, Pijl-Zieber EM, Souveny K, Lacroix A.
Lets Do Lunch? The ethics of accepting gifts from the pharmaceutical industry
Can Nurse. 2008 Apr; 104:(4):30-5
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18488765

Abstract:

When nurses think of ethical issues, debates on assisted suicide or maternal versus fetal rights often come to mind. A less obvious but undoubtedly more common ethical issue is whether or not sponsored lunches, educational events and other forms of gift giving should be accepted from pharmaceutical companies. The authors review the nature of pharmaceutical marketing and gift giving and examine some of the potential ethical issues that arise when nurses accept these gifts.

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PMID: 18488765 [PubMed - in process]