"Singed by the Blogsphere," Academic Doctors Give Up Conflicts o...

Courtesy Health Care Renewal  Tue, 04/15/2008 - 14:23

Everyone now and then we get to comment on good news.

In the New York Times today, Gina Kolata's article was entitled, "Citing Ethics, Some Doctors are Rejecting Industry Pay." The main points were:

With little fanfare, a small number of prominent academic scientists have made a decision that was until recently all but unheard of. They decided to stop accepting payments from food, drug and medical device companies.

No longer will they...


 

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