title: The ethics of drug development and promotion: the need for a wider view.
abstract: Ethical issues at the interface between the medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry have generally been approached from the vantage point of medical professionalism, with a focus on conflict of interest as the key ethical concern. Although conflicts of interest remain important, other ethical issues may be obscured unless a wider perspective is adopted. Besides medical professionalism, the ethics of the clinical therapeutic relationship, ethics of public health, and business ethics all provide additional insights.
authors.affiliation: Institute for the Medical Humanities, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77555-1311, USA. habrody@utmb.edu
authors.forename: Howard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brody
mesh_terms: D016265:Conflict of Interest; D055808:Drug Discovery / Q000941:ethics* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000941:ethics* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D040541:Marketing / Q000941:ethics*; D010819:Physician's Role; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011634:Public Health / Q000941:ethics