Counterpoint: Physician-industry relationships can be ethically established, and conflicts of interest can be ethically managed

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 11 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  White, Andrew P ^a   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a   Zdeblick, Thomas ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict of interest; Guidelines for ethical management; Physician industry relationship; Standards of professionalism

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ETHICIST; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INDUSTRY; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK; SPINE SURGERY; SURGEON;

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PHYSICIANS; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 34248373706     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318053d54f     Document Type: Review

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