On 2/3/2014 10:00 PM, Peter wrote:
I don't think you've read my reply in the context of the original
posting. And, I'm not part of any "new brood"; I'm a senior citizen.

I never said or implied that no physicians accept pharmaceutical
freebies. I said that such freebies rarely meet State standards for
continuing medical education. Personally, I never accepted those
invitations, found private practice too mercenary, and spent 30 years on
active duty as a medical officer in the military. I happen to agree
with your criticism of the pharmaceutical companies and although
physicians cannot be compelled to sign a promise to prescribe in return
for the freebies, the companies' intent is clearly apparent and those
M.D.s' bias to prescribe accordingly has been well documented, even
when it is a subconscious bias. You jumped to entirely unwarranted
conclusions.

I prefer capitalism over socialism. But both are
known to bias the thinking of physicians. I'd
rather have doctors carrying pocket full of
Metamucil tongue depressors, opposed to having to
phone a bureaucrat in Washington every time the
MD wants to prescribe acetaminophen.

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