Post by The Great Aztec Joe on Jul 23, 2010 5:06:37 GMT -8
Doctor Training Aided by Drug Industry Cash
By DUFF WILSON
More than half of the nation’s medical residency programs to train doctors in internal medicine accepted
financial support from the drug industry, even though three-fourths of the programs’ directors said accepting
the aid was “not desirable,” a survey found.
www.scribd.com/doc/29553195/More-Than-Half-of-Doctors-Training-Programs-Paid-for-by-Drug-Companies
At issue are potential conflicts of interest as the residency programs accept drug company support to help
train tens of thousands of new doctors at a point in their careers when they are beginning to prescribe drugs,
according to the survey report.
The article was published Monday in the Web version of The Archives of Internal Medicine.....
By DUFF WILSON
More than half of the nation’s medical residency programs to train doctors in internal medicine accepted
financial support from the drug industry, even though three-fourths of the programs’ directors said accepting
the aid was “not desirable,” a survey found.
www.scribd.com/doc/29553195/More-Than-Half-of-Doctors-Training-Programs-Paid-for-by-Drug-Companies
At issue are potential conflicts of interest as the residency programs accept drug company support to help
train tens of thousands of new doctors at a point in their careers when they are beginning to prescribe drugs,
according to the survey report.
The article was published Monday in the Web version of The Archives of Internal Medicine.....