Re: TSO: psichiatria e controllo sociale
Inviato da nessuno il 28/3/2009 17:23:12
Ed è sconfortante dover leggere i blogs americani per sapere cosa stia accadendo in Italia...
Questa non l'ho trovata su nessun quotidiano:
(fonte: Italian MDs in kickbacj scandale)
Italian MDs in Kickback Scandal
Thursday May 27, 2004
I have written before at some length about the ethical problems that exist when doctors receive various gift from drug companies and then prescribe those drugs to patients - it looks a lot like medical kickbacks. It turns out, though, that the problem is really bad in Italy.
Yahoo News reports (via KevinMD):
A two-year investigation by the financial brigade found that the Italian subsidiary of Glaxo had mounted an illegal incentives scheme involving 4,713 people, including 4,440 doctors. Over 100 Glaxo employees, including top-level managers, are also accused of corruption or criminal association, a financial brigade official told a press conference. Freebies doled out to doctors across Italy included all-expenses-paid travel, cash or free pharmaceutical drugs, the police found.
The financial investigators, led by Guido Papalia, head prosecutor in the northern city of Verona, found evidence of kickback practices across Italy. ... [Glaxo] is not alone among drugs giants under scrutiny for alleged illegal incentives schemes in Italy. Several others have been accused by media for creating mock scientific conferences in the Caribbean in order to bequeath free luxury trips upon accommodating doctors.
These charges seem pretty serious - and I would argue that these Italian doctors violated the most basic principles of medical ethics by putting themselves and the interests of pharmaceutical companies ahead of the interests and health of their patients. Even if the medication they prescribe is the best available, if the reasons for prescribing even include the fact that the doctor will receive special consideration and gifts from the manufacturer, the doctor is acting unethically.
Buona vita
Guglielmo
Questa non l'ho trovata su nessun quotidiano:
(fonte: Italian MDs in kickbacj scandale)
Italian MDs in Kickback Scandal
Thursday May 27, 2004
I have written before at some length about the ethical problems that exist when doctors receive various gift from drug companies and then prescribe those drugs to patients - it looks a lot like medical kickbacks. It turns out, though, that the problem is really bad in Italy.
Yahoo News reports (via KevinMD):
A two-year investigation by the financial brigade found that the Italian subsidiary of Glaxo had mounted an illegal incentives scheme involving 4,713 people, including 4,440 doctors. Over 100 Glaxo employees, including top-level managers, are also accused of corruption or criminal association, a financial brigade official told a press conference. Freebies doled out to doctors across Italy included all-expenses-paid travel, cash or free pharmaceutical drugs, the police found.
The financial investigators, led by Guido Papalia, head prosecutor in the northern city of Verona, found evidence of kickback practices across Italy. ... [Glaxo] is not alone among drugs giants under scrutiny for alleged illegal incentives schemes in Italy. Several others have been accused by media for creating mock scientific conferences in the Caribbean in order to bequeath free luxury trips upon accommodating doctors.
These charges seem pretty serious - and I would argue that these Italian doctors violated the most basic principles of medical ethics by putting themselves and the interests of pharmaceutical companies ahead of the interests and health of their patients. Even if the medication they prescribe is the best available, if the reasons for prescribing even include the fact that the doctor will receive special consideration and gifts from the manufacturer, the doctor is acting unethically.
Buona vita
Guglielmo
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