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2. Drat. Can't get to the article without signing up, which I am not going to do.

Reply to ellenrr (Original post)

Sun Mar 24, 2013, 11:39 AM

Mar 2013

Anyway, this does not surprise me. Both the pharmaceutical companies and the physicians involved are skirting the laws/professional guidelines with these *speaker* programs. I also blame the physicians who accept the invitations, because everyone there knows it is a farce, imo.

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Psychiatrists Top List of Big Pharma Payments Again [View all] ellenrr Mar 2013 OP

Did the good people at medscape pose an explanation for that? HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #1

Drat. Can't get to the article without signing up, which I am not going to do. cbayer Mar 2013 #2

Medical professions require continuing education, the allied industries fund most of that. HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #3

While I understand and support the requirements for CE, many of these are cbayer Mar 2013 #4

I see it sort of the other way, I think TV MD's are among the most conflicted HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #5