Abstract

Whether we know it or not, we are all under some form of influence. The questions taxing contributors to this week's journal are, how well do we manage those influences, and can anyone be truly independent? First, how worried should we be that medical education relies so much on the drug industry? Very, say Adriane Fugh-Berman and Sharon Batt writing in the American Medical Association Journal of Ethics (which devotes its June issue to looking for ways to reduce drug company influence on doctors, (p 1410). “Only CME activities that are entirely free of pharmaceutical industry funding …

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