Healthy Skepticism Library item: 2755
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Publication type: Journal Article
Barnhart , R .
The medical profession-drug industry alliance
New Physician 1970; 20:164-171
Abstract:
The drug industry’s relationship with the medical profession is crucially important to that industry’s strategy to maximize its profits. Various mechanisms are employed to forge this alliance: dependence of medical societies and institutions upon the drug industry for revenue for operating costs, publication expenses and research grants; acceptance of gifts and other material inducements that erode physicians’ objective consideration of company’s products. The article documents these various mechanisms.
Keywords:
*analysis/United States/gift giving/ relationship between medical profession and industry/ ad revenue/ corporate funding/ journal advertisements/ drug company sponsored meals and travel/editorial freedom/ATTITUDES REGARDING PROMOTION: HEALTH PROFESSIONALS/ETHICAL ISSUES IN PROMOTION: GIFT GIVING/ETHICAL ISSUES IN PROMOTION: LINKS BETWEEN HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND INDUSTRY/ETHICAL ISSUES IN PROMOTION: PAYMENT FOR MEALS, ACCOMODATION, TRAVEL, ENTERTAINMENT/INFLUENCE OF PROMOTION: PUBLICATION
