{"id":48,"date":"2008-04-03T21:17:18","date_gmt":"2008-04-03T21:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jha.in\/?p=55"},"modified":"2008-04-03T21:17:18","modified_gmt":"2008-04-03T21:17:18","slug":"educating-doctors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jha.in\/?p=48","title":{"rendered":"Educating doctors?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently there were two pieces of news regarding the relationship between doctors and the pharmaceutical industry. In one the convener of RANZ college of&nbsp; Psychiatrists(RANZCP)&nbsp; decided to resign when his attempts to end drug company sponsorship of CME and Conferences was vehemently opposed by fellow members. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theaustralian.news.com.au\/story\/0,25197,23463973-23289,00.html\">Psychiatrists back sponsorship deals | The Australian<\/a>  <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A SENIOR member of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists resigned as convenor of its 2009 congress after his peers unanimously voted down a proposal to dump drug company sponsorship.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A similar story from Australian papers regarding sponsorship of a weekend seminar for Gastroenterologists is panned here.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;A drug giant spent more than $514,000 on a weekend seminar that included just six hours of &#8220;education content&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The symposium by Australian-based AstraZeneca included gourmet meals, alcohol and two nights free accommodation.<\/p>\n<p>A new report shows &#8220;Big Pharma&#8221; is prepared to spend millions showering doctors with hospitality in the hope they will prescribe their drugs.<\/p>\n<p>It reveals drug companies spent $31 million on educational events in the second half of last year, including $16 million on meals, airfares and accommodation.<\/p>\n<p>Drug companies funded 14,643 functions during the period, 52 of which are under investigation for possible breaches of new industry rules.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Read the full article here.<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.umn.edu\/schwitz\/healthnews\/120852.html\"> How drug companies wine &amp; dine doctors<\/a>.<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (from herald sun,au) <\/p>\n<p>In general doctors perceive that they can be dispassionate about their clinical decisions even after being sponsored by the drug companies. The situation in India is no different, if not more &#8220;inter wined&#8221;. As can be witnessed by the reluctance of Psychiatrists; it is not easy to let go of the easy money provided by the pharma companies. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently there were two pieces of news regarding the relationship between doctors and the pharmaceutical industry. In one the convener of RANZ college of&nbsp; Psychiatrists(RANZCP)&nbsp; decided to resign when his attempts to end drug company sponsorship of CME and Conferences was vehemently opposed by fellow members. 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