On Monday 11 March 2002 10:05 am, Johanna Berger wrote:

> We need to be more vocal about this issue.  The Philadelphia Inquirer
> had a huge article in Sunday's Magazine section on the pharmaceutical
> industry buying off doctors in exchange for prescribing their meds.
> (www.phillynews.com)

The issue of what role the pharmaceutical industry will have in my
practice is something I am already having to contemplate and something
I'm struggling with.  I am a student nurse practitioner with a strong
interest in womens health and lactation issues.  Even as a student it is
becoming clear that just about every conference, seminar, etc. has
pharmaceutical sponsorship.  Provided that it's limited to drugs for
specific conditions, I haven't had too much of a problem with that.  I
have not yet encountered one that was sponsored by the specific division
that handles the infant nutritionals.  I know THAT is a line I would be
very uncomfortable crossing.  But the others?  Still struggling.  And
would love to know what others feel and how they handle the situation.

--
Elisa H. Casey, RN/BSN, Student Nurse Practitioner
Florida State University School of Nursing
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