Monday, July 14, 2008

NY Times: Organized Medicine and Industry

Until organized medicine (The American Medical Association, The American Academy of Family Physicians, etc.) gives up ties with industry, patients trust in these organizations will continue to erode.

If you want to do something about it, join a medical organization that does not take industry money: The National Physicians Alliance.

Washington
Psychiatric Group Faces Scrutiny Over Drug Industry Ties
By BENEDICT CAREY and GARDINER HARRIS
Published: July 12, 2008
Probing into the financial relationship between drug companies and psychiatrists, senators are demanding that the American Psychiatric Association give an accounting of its financing

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