Attitudes and practices of medical graduates in Delhi towards gifts from the pharmaceutical industry.

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dc.contributor.authorSharma, Vishal
dc.contributor.authorAggarwal, Sourabh
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Harkirat
dc.contributor.authorGarg, Shashank
dc.contributor.authorSharma, Alka
dc.contributor.authorSharma, Rashmi
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-05T07:07:03Z
dc.date.available2013-12-05T07:07:03Z
dc.date.issued2010-10
dc.description.abstractPharmaceutical companies use a variety of strategies, including gifts, to influence physicians. In December 2009, the Medical Council of India amended the Code of Medical Ethics to ban medical professionals from accepting gifts from pharmaceutical companies. In view of this ban, it is important to find out the magnitude and contours of the problem amongst Indian medical professionals. We aimed to study, through an e-mail based survey, the attitudes and practices of young resident doctors and interns from two medical colleges of New Delhi regarding acceptance of gifts from the pharmaceutical industry. We e-mailed the questionnaire to 150 fresh graduates. We found that the majority of graduates agreed with existing guidelines: they accepted low cost gifts but considered expensive gifts unrelated to patient welfare unethical. Despite the low response rate, this study is important because data from India on attitudes and practices of medical professionals regarding gifts from the pharmaceutical industry are virtually non-existent.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSharma Vishal, Aggarwal Sourabh, Singh Harkirat, Garg Shashank, Sharma Alka, Sharma Rashmi. Attitudes and practices of medical graduates in Delhi towards gifts from the pharmaceutical industry. Indian Journal of Medical Ethics. 2010 Oct-Dec; 7(4): 223-225.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/149562
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.issuesinmedicalethics.org/pdfs/184ar223.pdfen_US
dc.titleAttitudes and practices of medical graduates in Delhi towards gifts from the pharmaceutical industry.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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