Sunday, December 18, 2011

Ethical Question

Is it ethical for a physician to accept Wild tickets from a pharmaceutical rep to take her family to the game?

No it is not ethical for a physician to accept Wild tickets from a pharmaceutical representative. If a doctor receives this benefit, it is likely that she will be expected to favor ordering drugs from this particular person or company. Even if this is not the case, a physician may be biased towards this specific company because they are expecting a returnable favor. If these circumstances occurred, the patients' needs and wants would no longer be the chief importance, focus and goal of the association. I assume that most health and medical organizations would agree that this is most always the central purpose.     

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