title: Pharmaceutical industry support for continuing medical education programs: a review of current ethical guidelines.
abstract: Ethical relationships between physicians and the drug industry require guidelines to maintain the integrity of the medical profession. The acceptance of gifts and subsidies for the cost of continuing-medical-education conferences is considered ethically acceptable provided the gifts are of minimal value and that the control of content and the selection of presenters and moderators for industry-supported CME programs rest solely with the CME-sponsoring institution. Current ethical guidelines for pharmaceutical industry support of CME programs are reviewed in this essay.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Queens Hospital Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY 11432, USA.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rosner
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D004345:Drug Industry; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards*; D004995:Ethics, Professional; D037921:Gift Giving; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D033181:Information Dissemination; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000592:standards; D014146:Training Support / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States