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8 - Preserving Professionalism: Patients' Perceptions of Physicians' Acceptance of Gifts from the Pharmaceutical Industry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2010

Shaili Jain
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Aurora Medical Group, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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As Bob settled into the chair in the waiting room, he was worried about the email he'd received from his boss that morning. The company was facing a major lawsuit over the emergence of severe side effects from a well-prescribed medication. In preparation for the suit the company is making extensive budget cuts. The pressure was on to improve performance in all departments. Bob had been with the company for two decades. He loved his job, especially the “people” aspect of it, but the job was becoming increasingly stressful, with more and more pressure to increase sales. Considering alimony payments and his eldest son heading for college, Bob knew that losing his job would be disastrous. Bob sat in the waiting room of the hospital mental health services clinic in the hope of catching Dr. Jensan in between patients. Bob wanted to follow up with her about the dinner his company had sponsored the night before with a prominent speaker. Bob had found that following up was a good way of asking physicians about their opinions of his company's new antidepressant medication, Vivre. The clinic receptionist appeared, so Bob walked over to chat. He also had invitations for a company-sponsored luncheon at Zucci's he wanted her to put in physician mailboxes.

Surprisingly little has been written on patient perceptions of their physicians receiving gifts from the PI, despite the very public nature of this topic and potential consequences for patient care. Mainous et al.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2007

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Mainous, A G 3rd, Hueston, W J, Rich, E C. Patient perceptions of physician acceptance of gifts from the pharmaceutical industry. Arch Fam Med 1995; 4(4):335–9CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Blake, R L Jr., Early, E K. Patients' attitudes about gifts to physicians from pharmaceutical companies. J Am Board Fam Pract 1995; 8(6):457–64Google ScholarPubMed
Gibbons, R V, Landry, F J, Blouch, D L, Jones, D L, Williams, F K, Lucey, C R, Kroenke, K. A comparison of physicians' and patients' attitudes toward pharmaceutical industry gifts. J Gen Intern Med 1998; 13(3):151–4CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed

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