Commentaries, Essays, Editorials, and Reviews

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• Abbasi K and Smith R. No More Free Lunches. BMJ  2003;326:1155-1156.
• Angell M. The Pharmaceutical Industry: To Whom is it Accountable? NEJM. 2000;342:1902-1904.
• Chren MM, Landefeld S, Murray TH. Doctors, drug companies, and gifts. JAMA 1989;262:3448-51.
• Dana J, Loewenstein G.A. A social science perspective on gifts to physicians from industry. JAMA. 2003;290:252-5
• Griffith D.  Reasons for not seeing drug reps. BMJ. 1999; 319: 69-70.
• Kassirer J. Financial Indigestion. JAMA. 2000;284:2156-7.
• Katz D, Caplan AL, Merz JF. All Gifts Large and Small. Am J Bioeth. 2003 Summer;3(3):39-46.
• Shaughnessy AF, and Slawson DC. Pharmaceutical representatives (editorial). BMJ. 1996;312:1494.
• Waud DR. Pharmaceutical promotions--a free lunch? N Engl J Med. 1992;327:351-3.  
• Wazana A and Primeau F. Ethical Considerations in the relationship between physicians and the pharmaceutical industry. Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2002;25:647-63.
• Zipkin DA and Steinman MA. Interactions between pharmaceutical representatives and doctors in training. A thematic review. J Gen Int Med. 2005;8:777-786.

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