Healthy Skepticism Library item: 4120

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Publication type: Journal Article

Thomson A.
For the price of a pen!
N Z Med J. 1990 Jun 13; 103:(891):278-9

Abstract:

From the first years of medical school, members of the medical profession accept subsidized food and alcohol, and subsidized travel, as well as trinkets from the pharmaceutical industry. This has made doctors less willing to pay the true cost of unsubsidized and unbiased education. A serious reappraisal of the ethics of the medical profession is necessary.

Keywords:
*letter to the editor/New Zealand/ gift giving/ relationship between medical profession and industry/ gift giving/ corporate funding/ continuing medical education/ATTITUDES REGARDING PROMOTION: HEALTH PROFESSIONALS/ETHICAL ISSUES IN PROMOTION: LINKS BETWEEN HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND INDUSTRY/ETHICAL ISSUES IN PROMOTION: PAYMENT FOR MEALS, ACCOMODATION, TRAVEL, ENTERTAINMENT/PROMOTION DISGUISED: SUPPORT FOR CME Drug Industry/economics* Ethics* New Zealand Prescriptions, Drug*