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Conflicts of Interest at the Doctor's Office
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5750640&sourceCode=RSS
/Talk of the Nation
<http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=5 >, /September
1, 2006 ยท Whether it's free lunches from pharmaceutical company reps or
industry-sponsored educational events, many doctors are constantly
connected to the drug industry. These ties help keep doctors up to date,
but do they also create conflicts of interest that could compromise
patient health?
Guests:
*Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel,* medical oncologist and bioethicist; chair,
Department of Clinical Bioethics; the Clinical Center at the National
Institutes of Health
*Dr. Sanford Friedman,* cardiologist at Mount Sinai Hospital; associate
clinical professor, medicine/cardiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
*Dr. Jerome Kassirer,* author of /On the Take: How Medicine's Complicity
with Big Business can Endanger Your Health;/ former editor, / New
England Journal of Medicine;/ distinguished professor; Tufts University
School of Medicine
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