Healthy Skepticism Library item: 3371
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Publication type: Journal Article
The relationship between physicians and the pharmaceutical industry: A report of the Royal College of Physicians.
J R Coll Physicians Lond 1986 Oct; 20:(4):235-42
Abstract:
We believe that a close relationship between doctors and the pharmaceutical industry is important for the treatment of patients and for the future development and assessment of new drugs. Because this relationship is so important both to medicine and to the pharmaceutical industry, we recommend that Fellows and Members of the College ensure that their behaviour in relation to the pharmaceutical industry is always seen to be scrupulously impartial and honest. The overriding principle is that any benefit in cash or kind, any gift, any hospitality or any subdiy received from a pharmaceutical company must leave the doctor’s independence of judgement manifestly unimpaired. When it comes to the margin between what is acceptable and what is unacceptable, judgement may sometimes be difficult: a useful criterion of acceptability may be ‘would you be willing to have these arrangements generally known?’
Keywords:
*policy statement & guideline/United Kingdom/Royal College of Physicians of London/ relationship between medical profession and industry/regulation of promotion/REGULATION, CODES, GUIDELINES: HEALTH PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Clinical Trials
Drug Industry*
Ethics, Medical
Financing, Organized
Great Britain
Humans
Interprofessional Relations*
Legislation, Medical
Physicians*
Research Support
