Healthy Skepticism Library item: 3273

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Publication type: Journal Article

Dasco CC.
A physician/medical industrial ethos
American Journal of Medicine 1985; 79:675

Abstract:

Physicians and medical industrial representatives are strange bedfellows. How should physicians respond to solicitation by pharmaceutical representatives? It is imperative for doctors to adopt and employ critical analytical skills when evaluating medical industrial products.

Keywords:
*editorial/doctors/sales representatives/relationship between medical profession and industry/ATTITUDES REGARDING PROMOTION: HEALTH PROFESSIONALS/ETHICAL ISSUES IN PROMOTION: PAYMENT FOR MEALS, ACCOMODATION, TRAVEL, ENTERTAINMENT