Conflict of interest and professional medical associations: The North American Spine Society experience

Spine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 974-979

  Schofferman, Jerome A ^a   Eskay Auerbach, Marjorie L ^b   Sawyer, Laura S ^b   Herring, Stanley A ^c   Arnold, Paul M ^d   Muehlbauer, Eric J ^b  

^a SpineCare Medical Group   (United States)

^b NASS Headquarters   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflicts of interest; Disclosure; Ethics; Professional societies; Research support

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NORTH AMERICA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE;

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST; DISCLOSURE; ETHICS; PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES; RESEARCH SUPPORT;

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DISCLOSURE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881142956     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2012.08.019     Document Type: Article

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