Medical Writings: Book Notes7 November 2006On the Take: How Medicine's Complicity with Big Business Can Endanger Your HealthHoward Waitzkin, MD, PhDHoward Waitzkin, MD, PhDFrom University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-145-9-200611070-00025 SectionsAboutFull Text ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Kassirer JP. 272 pages. New York: Oxford Univ Pr; 2005. $14.95. ISBN 0195300041. Order at www.oup.com.Fields of medicine: Medical ethics and economics.Format: Paperback book.Audience: Patients; the general public; and concerned physicians, residents, and medical students.Purpose: To clarify financial conflicts of interest for physicians, teaching institutions, and professional organizations that receive compensation from the pharmaceutical industry.Content: Written by a professor of internal medicine and former editor of The New England Journal of Medicine, this book provides convincing evidence of the medical profession's complicity with the pharmaceutical industry. Financial conflicts of interest lead to distortions of medical ... Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 7 November 2006Volume 145, Issue 9Page: 712KeywordsConflicts of interestDrug regulationDrugsHealth information technologyMedical educationMedical ethicsSoftware tools ePublished: 7 November 2006 Issue Published: 7 November 2006 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2006 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.Loading ...
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