Bioethics.net

March 18, 2013

Drawing the line on racially motivated patient demands

[American Medical News] Patients’ right to choose who treats them is limited when requests are discriminatory. Health care facilities are advised to have policies for such cases. When patients make demands about who should care for them based on...

March 8, 2013

Study authors: On Medical School Conflict of Interest Policies, More Enforcement Needed

[Boston White Coat Notes] Students at Brown University’s Alpert Medical School are prohibited from accepting gifts or meals from pharmaceutical companies and drug salespeople. Yet, when she was training in a primary care clinic, student Reshma Ramach...

February 5, 2013

Exposure to Conflict-of-Interest Policies During Residency Reduces Rate of Brand Antidepressant Prescriptions

[NewsWise] Psychiatrists who are exposed to conflict-of-interest (COI) policies during their residency are less likely to prescribe brand-name antidepressants after graduation than those who trained in residency programs without such policies, accordin...

January 26, 2013

Psychiatrists with Ethics Training Less Likely to Push Brand-Name Drugs

[Psych Central] A new study discovers that psychiatrists who are exposed to conflict-of-interest (COI) policies regarding pharmaceutical companies during their residency training are less likely to prescribe brand-name antidepressants. The study is the...