Again, Logical Fallacies in Defense of Conflicts of Interest: a ...

Courtesy Health Care Renewal  Thu, 07/16/2009 - 11:12

Earlier this year, a remarkable commentary in JAMA suggested major reconsideration of the relationships among professional medical associations (PMAs) and health care corporations.(1) Because of the influence of PMAs on clinical care, education, research, and policy, Rothman et al suggested that these organizations sever most of their financial ties to corporations such as pharmaceutical, device, and biotechnology companies.

The authors suggested that the only acceptable payments to PMAs from these companies are those for advertising in publications that is clearly...

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