Physicians and the pharmaceuticals industry were criticized in late March on PBS television's Frontline for the methods used to transfer product-related scientific information. The ethics of doctors who participate in marketing-driven scientific meetings were questioned as well as the business practices of companies which sponsor such events. Similar techniques are being used to market food products to and through nutritionists with increasing frequency. It is time we learn how to handle a challenge rarely faced in the past by our profession.
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