Re: Group Urges Ban on Medical Giveaways

From: Dr Eberhard W Lisse (el@lisse.na)
Wed Apr 30 00:49:38 2008

I use 50 cents BIC pens and by them in bulk. So first of all I can loose them (which I do all the time) and of course there are other reasons using the same pen and ink all the time :-)-O

My wife and kids get all the pens I get from the reps ;-)-O

el

On Apr 30, 2008, at 03:51, Ronald Ainsworth wrote:

> The latest ACOG update has the same opinion.
> According to the three participants, even taking a pen
> from a drug company and wearing it in your pocket,
> writing Rx with it, and having it seen by patients
> sends the wrong message - that we are in bed with the
> drug reps. They point to psychological studies that
> demonstrate that it is not the cost of the gift that
> motivates the recepient to return a favor to the giver
> of the gift. The Ken and Barbies of the drug rep
> world now how to get close to docs and influence them.
> Ethically, we can all be bought for less than we
> think, whether it is a book, a stethoscope, a dinner
> or a donut. It was a interesting discussion to listen
> to. Did it change my habit's or my opinion that I
> personally am immune to taking bribes? Certainly not,
> it is you, not me that it is talking about.
>
> --- "Dean Huffman ." <dean@thehuffpeople.net> wrote:

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