AMA Blasted for Letting Drug
Firms Pay for Ethics Campaign
By Susan Okie
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, August 30, 2001; Page A03 The American Medical Association is
mounting a $1 million campaign to educate doctors about its ethics guidelines
against accepting gifts from drug companies -- with most of the funding for
the effort coming from drug companies.
Nine large pharmaceutical companies are contributing a total of about
$675,000 to help pay for the campaign, which is aimed at medical students,
physicians-in-training and drug company sales representatives as well as
practicing doctors, said Alan R. Nelson, a former AMA president and special
adviser to the American College of Physicians.
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