Healthy Skepticism Library item: 3543
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Publication type: Journal Article
Goldfinger S.
“A matter of influence”: graduate medical education and commercial sponsorship
New England Journal of Medicine 1988; 318:53
Abstract:
The author has no objection with pharmaceutical support of educational programs, provided that the educational content is uninfluenced by proprietary interests and unfettered by extravagant gifts to participants. Examples of these sorts of things are presented.
Keywords:
*letter to the editor/United States/continuing medical education/corporate funding/gift giving/ relationship between medical profession and industry/ doctors/ attitude toward industry/ATTITUDES REGARDING PROMOTION: HEALTH PROFESSIONALS/ETHICAL ISSUES IN PROMOTION: GIFT GIVING/ETHICAL ISSUES IN PROMOTION: LINKS BETWEEN HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND INDUSTRY/PROMOTION DISGUISED: SUPPORT FOR CME