On the Take: how medicine's complicity with big business can endanger your health 0195176847, 2004012890

We all know that doctors accept gifts from drug companies, ranging from pens and coffee mugs to free vacations at luxuri

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Table of contents :
Introduction
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?
Notes
Index

On the Take:  how medicine's complicity with big business can endanger your health
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