Drug Reps Off Campus! Promoting Professional Purity by Suppressing Commercial Speech |
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| Authors: | Lance K Stell |
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| Institution: | Charles E. &Mary West Thatcher Professor of Philosophy and the Director of the Medical Humanities Program at Davidson College in Davidson, NC. |
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| Abstract: | In the name of restoring professionalism, an influential group of physician-educators have urged academic medical centers to take the lead in purging the house of medicine of the conflicts of interest created by industry's marketing. I argue that this revivalist movement is misguided, uses "conflict of interest" as an epithet, creates counter-productive incentives, and fails the duty to prepare physicians for ethical engagement with their commercial partners in patient care. |
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