title: Should the financial link between industry and physician consultants be severed?
authors.affiliation: Hogan Lovells US, LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Immelt
authors.forename: Vincent A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Gaudiani
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Sade
mesh_terms: D016265:Conflict of Interest / Q000191:economics*; D003253:Consultants; D005376:Financial Management; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States