Paging (and Paying) "Dr Coca-Cola"

Courtesy Health Care Renewal  Mon, 11/09/2009 - 15:24

A few weeks ago, the Los Angeles Times Booster Shots blog announced that "Dr.

Coca-Cola will see you now," noting opposition to the recently revealed alliance between the Coca-Cola Company and the American Academy of Family Physicians:

[in] a sharply worded letter sent Wednesday to Dr.

Douglas E. Henley, the academy’s chief executive.

'We urge the AAFP to regain its credibility by rejecting the deal with Coca-Cola,' the letter stated.

'If the AAFP declines to do that, we urge...


 

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