Healthy Skepticism Library item: 20060
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Publication type: Magazine
Grey J
Pot, kettle, black
Australian Doctor 2006 Aug 425
Full text:
Editor Journalists should tidy up their own backyard before accusing doctors of taking advantage of hospitality offered by pharmaceutical companies (‘Drug giant forks out $65,000 on posh nosh for doctors’, What Your Patients Are Reading, Australian Doctor online, 21 July).
Similar functions funded by advertising agencies, publishing houses and broadcast networks do not come under such scrutiny. Journalistic integrity and the potential for biased reporting should be called into question just as much as doctor’s prescribing habits or loyalty to particular drug companies.
Dr Joe Grey
Brisbane, Qld
