Healthy Skepticism Library item: 3547

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Publication type: Journal Article

[No authors listed] Related Articles, Links Improving medical education in therapeutics.
Health and Public Policy Committee, American College of Physicians.
Ann Intern Med 1988 Jan; 108:(1):145-7

Abstract:

(Limited to parts of article dealing with promotion.) While physicians uniformly deny that their understanding of drugs is influenced by the activities of the pharmaceutical industry, there is considerable evidence to support the efficacy of the personal encounter with a professional salesperson in shaping physicians’ attitudes towards drugs. Further research into the relationship of the pharmaceutical industry to patterns of drug utilization in the United States and to physician prescribing habits is neeeded. There is a need for formal guidelines of conduct for the College and its member physicians in their interaction with the pharmaceutical industry.

Keywords:
*policy statement & guideline/United States/American College of Physicians/relationship between medical profession and industry/ETHICAL ISSUES IN PROMOTION: LINKS BETWEEN HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND INDUSTRY/REGULATION, CODES, GUIDELINES: HEALTH PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Curriculum Drug Industry Education, Medical/standards* Education, Medical, Continuing/standards Internship and Residency/standards Patient Education/standards Pharmacology, Clinical/education* Societies, Medical United States