Under the Influence. / Jeff Gammage and Karl Stark.
by Gammage, Jeff; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 4Human Relations. Publisher: Knight-Ridder (1999-June 2002), 2002ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Advertising -- Drugs | Drugs -- Prescribing | Marketing | Medical ethics | Pharmaceutical ethics | Pharmaceutical industry | Physicians | Prescription drugsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "In his practice, Goodman refuses to meet with drug-company salespeople. He doesn't accept dinners or trips, won't take so much as a Post-It pad. He thinks it's corrupting. And privately many physicians agree with him, worrying that the doctor-patient relationship would be damaged if patients knew how pervasive gift-giving has become." (Philadelphia Inquirer) This article examines how drug companies are spending billions on gifts for doctors in an effort to influence what medicines they prescribe, a practice some say is corrupt and unethical.
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2003.
Originally Published: Under the Influence, March 10, 2002; pp. Mag. Sec., pp. 8+.
"In his practice, Goodman refuses to meet with drug-company salespeople. He doesn't accept dinners or trips, won't take so much as a Post-It pad. He thinks it's corrupting. And privately many physicians agree with him, worrying that the doctor-patient relationship would be damaged if patients knew how pervasive gift-giving has become." (Philadelphia Inquirer) This article examines how drug companies are spending billions on gifts for doctors in an effort to influence what medicines they prescribe, a practice some say is corrupt and unethical.
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