Healthy Skepticism Library item: 3117

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Publication type: Journal Article

Rochmis PG.
Seminars for physicians.
JAMA 1982 Oct 1; 248:(13):1580-1

Abstract:

When drug companies are willing to invite a large number of physicians to fly to an attractive city, stay overnight in an elegant hotel and dine graciously, entirely at the company’s expense one must wonder whether this is truly medical education or medical seduction.

Keywords:
*letter to the editor/United States/ sponsored symposia & conferences/doctors/PROMOTION DISGUISED: CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS Drug Industry* Ethics, Medical Humans Interpersonal Relations Physicians*