Drug Company Payments to Doctors | Dollars for Docs - ProPublica: "Drug companies have long kept secret details of the payments they make to doctors for promoting their drugs. But eight companies have begun posting names and compensation on the Web, some as the result of legal settlements. ProPublica compiled these disclosures, totaling $320 million, into a single database that allows patients to search for their doctor. Receiving payments isn’t necessarily wrong, but it does raise ethical issue"
ProPublica has many more articles on the influence of Pharma money on medicine at this link.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Drug Company Payments to Doctors | Dollars for Docs - ProPublica
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