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Industry-funded medical education is always promotion—an essay by Adriane Fugh-Berman

Adriane Fugh‐Berman

2021BMJ30 citationsDOI

Abstract

Although awareness of individual conflicts of interest and ethical problems with physician-industry relationships has increased, few people realise just how much continuing education is used for product promotion, writes <b>Adriane Fugh-Berman</b>

Topics & Concepts

Promotion (chess)Product (mathematics)Public relationsMedical educationContinuing medical educationContinuing educationMedicineEngineering ethicsPolitical scienceEngineeringLawPoliticsMathematicsGeometryPharmaceutical industry and healthcarePharmaceutical Economics and PolicyHealth and Medical Research Impacts