Re: The PPACA Thread Part III - Let's have a healthy debate!
I agree completely. I also think physicians advertising is kind of shady as well. It is my understanding that the AMA had a policy against that but that fell off the books soon after lawyers were allowed to advertise IIRC (Supreme court case, maybe 1970s?). I would be fine returning to that policy or something thereabouts. Patients are an incredibly susceptible, vulnerable population, and advertising preys on this. Physicians should be the last people involved in that practice.
I actually think a lot of improvements have been made with the whole drug advertising to physicians thing. The large hospitals I have worked in have basically eliminated all exposure with drug reps, no meals, and no pens or licensed things around.
It was nice having samples around but I understand why it is falling out of practice. I once had a "frozen" Parkinson's patient in the clinic that we could do nothing for until they were admitted. In the past, we would have at least had a sample medication we could give to them in the clinic but we were stuck, helpless.
Again, I will plug Bad Pharma by Ben Goldacre. Read it.
Originally posted by dxmnkd316
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Originally posted by FadeToBlack&Gold
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I actually think a lot of improvements have been made with the whole drug advertising to physicians thing. The large hospitals I have worked in have basically eliminated all exposure with drug reps, no meals, and no pens or licensed things around.
It was nice having samples around but I understand why it is falling out of practice. I once had a "frozen" Parkinson's patient in the clinic that we could do nothing for until they were admitted. In the past, we would have at least had a sample medication we could give to them in the clinic but we were stuck, helpless.
Again, I will plug Bad Pharma by Ben Goldacre. Read it.
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