RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Ethics and the pharmaceutical industry: some ideas for general practitioners
JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
JO J R Coll Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 267
OP 269
VO 37
IS 299
A1 Wall, D.W.
YR 1987
UL http://bjgp.org/content/37/299/267.abstract
AB This paper summarizes a report by a working party of the Royal College of Physicians on the relationship between physicians and the pharmaceutical industry. As a member of that working party, and a general practitioner, I have taken the report's points and widened the discussion to involve general practitioners in their relationship with the pharmaceutical industry. At present there are no guidelines specifically for general practitioners. Some of the problems general practitioners have found in their relationship with the pharmaceutical industry are described and some guidelines for general practitioners are suggested, which form a framework for discussion. The College would welcome feedback about the guidelines to help in the drawing up of a code of practice for general practitioners.