CROOK ALERT Big Pharma Bribes our Doctors and Legislators
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U.S. Doctors Wined and Dined by Drug Salesmen
Four out of five U.S. doctors surveyed said they let drug and device makers buy them food and drinks despite recent efforts to tighten ethics rules and avoid conflicts of interest.
The survey also found that family doctors were more likely to meet with industry sales reps, and that cardiologists were more likely to pocket fees than other specialists.
The study is the first to document the extent of the relationships between doctors and sales reps since 2002, when an industry group adopted voluntary guidelines discouraging companies from giving doctors gifts or tickets. In general, researchers found that HARDLY ANYTHING HAD CHANGED since studies a couple of years earlier.
COMMENT: Apparently the pharmaceutical companies are bribing our doctors as well as our legislators!
Here's a link to an article on the study which was conducted by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital, Yale University and the University of Melbourne in Australia.
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007704260380
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once again, on target.
I have thought this is there way for a longtime
Thanks for solidfying these thoughts.
How come I'm not surprised? I love the cartoon on how Medicare works -- it looks just like the description I got from the government!
Big Pharma is second only to Big Oil in corrupting the American election process and the federal government. I have been hearing about these sales reps for years. I know a few of them. The ones who have souls know they are pushing drugs, but seem to be able to rationalize it because a lot of drugs are amazing. But a lot of them are now being sold like snake oil and other "wonder drugs" of the late 1800s. It's pretty gross. Thanks for the hub.
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stanskill says:
9 months ago
It's all a racket. From the insurance companies to the drug makers, we're in between a rock and a hard place. No choices.