Monday, February 21, 2011

Astroturf or Simple Bribery? Do We Need a New Term?

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Leonore Tiefer, PhD, has done a lot of excellent work on the medicalization of sexuality ( http://www.leonoretiefer.com/ ). As part of her o...
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Sunday, February 13, 2011

Rodwin on Conflicts of Interest: Professionalism Needs Law

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In the last post, I promised to say more about Marc Rodwin's new book. I'll try here to summarize what I take to be the main point o...
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Thursday, February 10, 2011

Cutting the Gordian Knot: Legal Ban on Gifts/Bribes?

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Some time in the past I declared that for purposes of this blog, I was going to stop using the word "gifts" for things that drug a...
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It's Happened Again--Journal Reviewer Leaks Manuscript to Firm

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About a year ago, I discussed the Avandia debacle ( http://brodyhooked.blogspot.com/2010/02/secret-avandia-tapes-comedy-or-smoking.html ) in...
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Sunday, February 6, 2011

Universities, Corporate Influence, and Academic Freedom

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Jennifer Washburn has written an insightful brief article in Academe , the magazine of the American Association of University Professors: ht...
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Friday, February 4, 2011

Editorial: Beware Jumping into Bed with Food Industry

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A pointed editorial in the Canadian medical journal CMAJ : http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/rapidpdf/cmaj.110085v1?ijkey=2e802f709387c4e61bd5ada13f595...
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Thursday, February 3, 2011

Equipoise: No Help for Ethical Deliberation

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This post might seem a bit off the wall for this blog, but I'll defend it by noting that we discuss ethical issues at the medicine-Pharm...
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