Healthy Skepticism Library item: 3366

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Publication type: Journal Article

Musher DM, Young EJ, Hamill RJ.
The ethics of pharmaceutical promotion.
N Engl J Med 1986 Aug 28; 315:(9):590

Abstract:

A representative of Cutter Biological offered doctors $100 each for going to a dinner and hearing a talk and an extra $100 if they brought a colleague.

Keywords:
*letter to the editor/United States/ sponsored symposia & conferences/ETHICAL ISSUES IN PROMOTION: PAYMENT FOR MEALS, ACCOMODATION, TRAVEL, ENTERTAINMENT/PROMOTION DISGUISED: CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS Advertising/economics* Drug Industry* Education, Medical, Continuing/economics Ethics, Medical* United States