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Re: Group Urges Ban on Medical Giveaways From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com) Wed Apr 30 11:34:04 2008 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Bruce Speyer: "posts on office hysteroscopy" Previous message: Bernard Cristalli: "Re: Group Urges Ban on Medical Giveaways" In reply to: Dr Eberhard W Lisse: "Re: Group Urges Ban on Medical Giveaways" Next in thread: Ronald Ainsworth: "Re: Group Urges Ban on Medical Giveaways" El - Mine too lol. Art At Wed, 30 Apr 2008, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote: > >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: -- art fougner, md "May The Wings of Liberty Never Lose a Feather." - Jack Burton Next message: Bruce Speyer: "posts on office hysteroscopy" Previous message: Bernard Cristalli: "Re: Group Urges Ban on Medical Giveaways" In reply to: Dr Eberhard W Lisse: "Re: Group Urges Ban on Medical Giveaways" Next in thread: Ronald Ainsworth: "Re: Group Urges Ban on Medical Giveaways"

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