Doctors don't take bribes because they're ethical
CanyonWind
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A new law in Vermont requires drug companies to publicly disclose all bribes to doctors.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/20/busin ... ml?_r=1&em
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Actually, unless the organization they are employed by disallows it, doctors regularly take "kickbacks" from drug companies in order to push their products. There was a story on the internet by Anne Bauer about what happened to her son when doctors pushed drugs on him.
Not all doctors/organizations do this however and I think the VT law will at least allow the public to know what doctors are doing this.
It doesn't quite rise to 'bribe' level, but I agree that it is disturbing. This practice starts BEFORE their career here in Oregon.
When I worked at OHSU, the graduating class of doctors would be given TONS of free stuff by the school all branded. And we’re talking about high-quality stuff from the small (need some notepads? Here, take as many as you like (all with PLAVIX (or other) plastered across the bottom or top)) to large (free stethoscopes worth several hundred dollars).
While I’d like to reiterate that this practice in no way constitutes a bribe and is prevalent in other professions as well, the sheer volume and overwhelming presence in the medical industry is higher than anywhere else I’ve seen. This, coupled with the fact that these are people are tasked with one of the highest responsibilities is concerning.
This is NOT to say that these professionals are making any kind of conscious choice to deliberately prescribe one medication rather than another or to (worse) prescribe medication where an alternative non-medicated treatment may be useful as well. The subconscious influence is the danger.
I wish the Physician Payments Sunshine Act was real.
http://www.nytms-se.com/2009/07/04/phar ... orruption/
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