Again many thanks to @ChmlBillKelly & @jordanarmenise for inviting me to speak about #ConflictsOfInterest in medicine and research this morning on @AM900CHML.
Here a short thread inspired by today’s show and discussion..(1/7) https://twitter.com/AM900CHML/status/1351310942924115970
Here a short thread inspired by today’s show and discussion..(1/7) https://twitter.com/AM900CHML/status/1351310942924115970
#ConflictsOfInterest in research aren’t just academic, but influence patient safety. Classic paper by @eturnermd1 (see his pinned tweet for amazing visual!) confirmed that we learn about drugs only what #Pharma may want us to learn: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmsa065779
#ConflictsOfInterest in medicine and research:
Thanks @KCroweToronto:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/doctors-pharmaceutical-funding-1.4164625 ....(3/7)
Thanks @KCroweToronto:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/doctors-pharmaceutical-funding-1.4164625 ....(3/7)
Disclosure of #ConflictsOfInterest necessary
but as @FearLoathingBTX brilliantly notes: “Disclosure is an empty ritual designed to ease the consciences of academics unable to wean themselves from the industry payroll”.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15553394
And: https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1831613/ ...(4/7)
but as @FearLoathingBTX brilliantly notes: “Disclosure is an empty ritual designed to ease the consciences of academics unable to wean themselves from the industry payroll”.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15553394
And: https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1831613/ ...(4/7)
Institutional #ConflictsOfInterest are common, and usually concealed.
@DrDavidhealy asks: "How many people in a hospital or university have to gain for the entire institution to end up conflicted?”: https://davidhealy.org/repetition-compulsion-to-the-death-or-beyond/ ...(5/7)
@DrDavidhealy asks: "How many people in a hospital or university have to gain for the entire institution to end up conflicted?”: https://davidhealy.org/repetition-compulsion-to-the-death-or-beyond/ ...(5/7)
We have been asking that question for years.
On this site is posted Professor Arthur Schafer’s J Med Ethics paper which keeps asking it.
"Institutional conflict of interest: attempting to crack the deferiprone mystery.” https://inthepatientsinterest.org ...(6/7)
On this site is posted Professor Arthur Schafer’s J Med Ethics paper which keeps asking it.
"Institutional conflict of interest: attempting to crack the deferiprone mystery.” https://inthepatientsinterest.org ...(6/7)
Resources for all of us seeking safety in drugs and vaccines include: @CitizenHRG (Worst Pills Best Pills), @Drug_Evidence, @RxISK, @HealthCareRenew and : https://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/
There's more but - the end for now.
There's more but - the end for now.
