Conflicts of interest between physicians and the pharmaceutical industry and special interest groups.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2008

Journal Title

Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America

MeSH Headings

Adolescent Psychiatry, Advertising as Topic, Child Psychiatry, Conflict of Interest, Congresses as Topic, Drug Industry, Education, Medical, Continuing, Ethics, Medical, Financial Support, Gift Giving, Humans, Marketing, Referral and Consultation, United States

Abstract

Health care in the United States is a tangled web of competing interest groups beneath which ethical conflicts of interest flourish. Physicians, professional organizations, and academic medical centers must continually evaluate their relationships with the pharmaceutical industry as they relate to personal, professional, and institutional ethical values. This article explores the relevant pressing ethical issues and proposals for changing course and managing these potentially troublesome relationships.

ISSN

1056-4993

First Page

113

Last Page

125

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