A conflict of interest "revisited": the use of stereotypes.

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Letters15 May 1994A Conflict of Interest “Revisited”: The Use of StereotypesRichard Sobel, MDRichard Sobel, MDSoroka Medical Center; Ben-Gurion University of Negev; Beer-Sheva 151; IsraelSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-120-10-199405150-00021 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:I asked a dozen colleagues what they thought might be the background of lawyer Iggie Lavinsky [1], carefully using only the words of the narrator in the story when I described this man: “… scum, a street fighter … He'll do anything to win, anything: perjury, bribery … anything”. Not surprisingly, no one thought the unscrupulous Lavinsky might be from a family of Mongolian horsemen, Australian aborigines, Viking sailors, or Bedouin shepherds or that Iggie was short for Ignatius with Catholic roots in some Eastern European country. “Why, he's supposed to be Jewish; what else could he ...REFERENCE1. LaCombe MA. A conflict of interest. Ann Intern Med. 1993; 119:623-6. Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Soroka Medical Center; Ben-Gurion University of Negev; Beer-Sheva 151; Israel PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 15 May 1994Volume 120, Issue 10Page: 893-894KeywordsArabic peopleArmed forcesConflicts of interestJewish people Issue Published: 15 May 1994 CopyrightCopyright © 1994 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF DownloadLoading ...