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No more free lunch for doctors

I’ve seen a lot of comments on the web about doctors getting free lunches from pharmaceutical companies as an explanation for why we hand out so many prescriptions. I don’t actually know anyone in my group of 30 or so doctors who sees drug reps anymore. The programming by we are influenced these days is [...]

Do you want your doctor to think for herself?

Does a good doctor think for himself, or rely on expert opinion? Who are the experts? Should their ties to industry be available to the public?