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What’s All the Fuss about Conflict of Interest in Medical Care?

Written by Daniel Wolfson on February 10, 2012
 

"A couple of weeks ago, the New York Times published a story entitled I Disclose…Nothing by Elisabeth Rosenthal. The premise of the article dealt with conflicts of interests in several professions, including those in medicine. It got me thinking about whether or not the concept of disclosure can successfully manage conflicts of interest in medicine as much as people expect it to.
The conclusion I came up with, in short, was no....."