Personal view : Why I declined an invitation to a drug company seminar  

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Khan, Murad Moosa

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: British Medical Journal (keterangan: ada di Proquest) vol. 335 no. 7625 (Oct. 2007), page 887.

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: B16.K.2007.02 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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I was recently invited by a pharmaceutical company to a seminar in a five star hotel in Pakistan, where I live and work. The seminar was on mental health, and the company had invited a "foreign speaker" to talk on the subject. I declined the invitation. These were the reasons I gave: "Thank you for your invitation which for ethical reasons I have to decline. I consider all interactions of physicians with pharmaceutical companies unethical and a cause of serious conflict of interest. I also do not accept any gifts, large or small, in any shape, form, or size from any drug company. I do not attend pharmaceutical company sponsored seminars (such as the one you are arranging) or go on ‘drug launches' or attend conferences at drug companies' expense. I consider all such activities as a form of bribery by pharmaceutical companies to physicians. "You will be spending a . . .

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