Healthy Skepticism Library item: 3152

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Publication type: Journal Article

Musher DM.
Antibiotics: the medium is the message.
Rev Infect Dis 1983 Jul-Aug; 5:(4):809-12

Abstract:

The past few years have witnessed a proliferation of “scientific” programs for a medical audience under sponsorship of a pharmaceutical company. We need to determine the proper place of manufacturer-sponsored programs about new drugs in the education hierarchy. Another area of concern is asking doctors to write and submit under their own names a scientific article based on data compiled by the manufacturer. The academic community needs to look critically at these issues and generate policies regarding them.

Keywords:
*letter to the editor/relationship between medical profession and industry/ghost writing/sponsored symposia & conferences/continuing medical education/EDUCATING ABOUT PROMOTION: HEALTH PROFESSIONALS/PROMOTION DISGUISED: CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS/PROMOTION DISGUISED: GHOST-WRITING AND JOURNAL ARTICLES/REGULATION, CODES, GUIDELINES: HEALTH PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS American Medical Association Anti-Bacterial Agents* Education, Medical, Graduate/standards* Television* United States