Role of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers in Pediatric Meetings

Abstract

As a visiting pediatric resident attending the recent meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics in Boston I wish to object to the role which various pharmaceutical manufacturers were invited to play in the proceedings. We are doctors, we are not employees or clients of pharmaceutical firms and should expect neither discounts on their products nor to be entertained by them in their hopes of wooing our business. I do not wish my entertainment to be paid for by my patients through increased drug costs to them.