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Author:

Kassirer, Jerome P., 1932-

Title:

On the take : how medicine's complicity with big business can endanger your health / Jerome P. Kassirer.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

xviii, 251 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Physicians--Professional ethics--United States.
Pharmaceutical industry--Corrupt practices--United States.
Medical ethics--United States.
Conflict of interests.
Gifts.
Practice Management, Medical--ethics.
Conflict of Interest.
Physician Incentive Plans--ethics.
Physician's Practice Patterns--ethics.
Physician's Role.
Physician-Patient Relations--ethics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-239) and index.

Contents:

Free gifts, free meals, free education, special deals -- Money-warped behavior -- Conflicts of interest : financial and otherwise -- Influenced by gifts? Not I! -- Your doctor's tainted information -- Our obliging professional organizations -- Can you trust your doctor? -- Can we trust our researchers? -- How did it happen? -- What can be done?

ISBN:

9780195176841 (cloth : alk. paper)
0195176847 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)55587331
(OCoLC)58457792

LCCN:

2004012890

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

LVOX826 -- Palmer College of Chiropractic (Davenport)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)