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Prescription: 'a dose of reality'.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
I applaud Dr. Jerold J. Kreisman for his commentary on the relationship between physicians and the pharmaceutical industry ("Defending the Drug Man," Guest Editorial, Jan. 15, 2006, p. 9).
I'm so sick of hearing how I should keep away from anything that even resembles gifts--such as pens, dinners, etc.--that I'm about to burst.
Let me give a dose of reality to the misguided, academic, blindsided clinicians, as well as the "yes-man" leadership of the American Medical Association that won't stand up to anybody and that says, "Thank you, sir, may I have another" (unless pulling of any federal funding is involved): I write a prescription for a patient, the patient, goes to the pharmacy, the pharmacist says, "This is not a preferred drug, you will have to pay full price," and the prescription doesn't get filled.
Who decides what is and is not a preferred drug? Now there is a question for you ethics consultants. The bureaucrats, insurance companies, and legislators are the ones who really ...
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