Conflicts of interest between physicians and the pharmaceutical industry and special interest groups
Schetky, D.H.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America 17(1): 113-25 Ix-X
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 1056-4993
PMID: 18036482
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2007.07.007
Accession: 052292070
Health care in the United States is a tangled web of competing interest groups beneath which ethical conflicts of interest flourish. Physicians, professional organizations, and academic medical centers must continually evaluate their relationships with the pharmaceutical industry as they relate to personal, professional, and institutional ethical values. This article explores the relevant pressing ethical issues and proposals for changing course and managing these potentially troublesome relationships.