Journal ArticleDOI
Gifts to Physicians from the Pharmaceutical Industry: An Ethical Analysis
Catherine A. Marco,John C. Moskop,Robert C. Solomon,Robert C. Solomon,Joel M. Geiderman,Gregory Luke Larkin +5 more
Reads0
Chats0
TLDR
This article examines major arguments for and against this practice of gift giving, and develops a list of summary recommendations designed to help individual physicians, educators, and administrators make sound ethical decisions about acceptance of gifts.About:
This article is published in Annals of Emergency Medicine.The article was published on 2006-11-01. It has received 54 citations till now.read more
Citations
More filters
Book
Conflict of Interest in Medical Research, Education, and Practice
Bernard Lo,Marilyn J. Field +1 more
TL;DR: Conflict of Interest in Medical Research, Education, and Practice makes several recommendations for strengthening conflict of interest policies and curbing relationships that create risks with little benefit.
Journal ArticleDOI
Non-clinical influences on clinical decision-making: a major challenge to evidence-based practice.
TL;DR: This review brings together the different strands of knowledge concerning non-clinical influences on clinical decision-making and needs to be understood in order to develop clinical strategies that will facilitate the practice of evidence-based medicine.
Journal ArticleDOI
Physicians’ perceptions of medical representative visits in Yemen: a qualitative study
TL;DR: Although physicians are aware that the medical representatives could influence their prescribing decision, they welcome representatives to visit them and consider receiving free samples, gifts and various kinds of support as a normal practice.
Journal ArticleDOI
Pharmaceutical marketing strategies’ influence on physicians' prescribing pattern in Lebanon: ethics, gifts, and samples
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that there is a relationship between physicians’ prescribing pattern and their age, gender and the location of practice, and pharmaceutical marketing managers of drug companies can use the research findings to design better their strategies directed to the Lebanese physicians who can also benefit from the results obtained.
Journal ArticleDOI
Patients' awareness of and attitudes toward gifts from pharmaceutical companies to physicians.
James R. Jastifer,Sarah Roberts +1 more
TL;DR: The patient population in the current study seems to be less approving of gifts to physicians than patients surveyed in the 1990s, and patients' opinions should be considered when establishing ethical guidelines and policies regulating physician- industry interaction.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Physicians and the pharmaceutical industry: is a gift ever just a gift?
TL;DR: The present extent of physician-industry interactions appears to affect prescribing and professional behavior and should be further addressed at the level of policy and education.
Journal ArticleDOI
Pharmacy Benefits and the Use of Drugs by the Chronically Ill
Dana P. Goldman,Geoffrey F. Joyce,José J. Escarce,Jennifer E. Pace,Matthew D. Solomon,Marianne Laouri,Pamela B. Landsman,Steven M. Teutsch +7 more
TL;DR: The use of medications such as antihistamines and NSAIDs, which are taken intermittently to treat symptoms, was sensitive to co-payment changes, and other medications--antihypertensive, antiasthmatic, antidepressant, antihyperlipidemic, antiulcerant, and antidiabetic agents--also demonstrated significant price responsiveness.
Journal ArticleDOI
A social science perspective on gifts to physicians from industry.
Jason Dana,George Loewenstein +1 more
TL;DR: Many policies dealing with conflict of interest seempremised on thisunderstanding of bias, for example, policies on gift size and the recent guidelines for indus-tryputforth by thePharmaceuticalResearch andManufac-turers of America.
Journal ArticleDOI
Physicians' Behavior and Their Interactions With Drug Companies: A Controlled Study of Physicians Who Requested Additions to a Hospital Drug Formulary
TL;DR: Requests by physicians that drugs be added to a hospital formulary were strongly and specifically associated with the physicians' interactions with the companies manufacturing the drugs.
Journal ArticleDOI
The Effects of Pharmaceutical Firm Enticements on Physician Prescribing Patterns: There's No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the impact on physician prescribing patterns of pharmaceutical firms offering allexpenses-paid trips to popular sunbelt vacation sites to attend symposia sponsored by a pharmaceutical company.
Related Papers (5)
A social science perspective on gifts to physicians from industry.
Jason Dana,George Loewenstein +1 more