Drug reps off campus! Promoting professional purity by suppressing commercial speech.
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.
Stell
Lance K
LK
Medical Humanities Program, Davidson College, Davidson, NC, USA.
D016265:Conflict of Interest / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004335:Drug and Narcotic Control; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D040541:Marketing / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States