Ethics

Developing Constructive Relationships with Industry
relationship with industry
by Neal Bhatia, MD on
Unfortunately for many residency graduates, many of the decisions regarding interactions with pharmaceutical and medical device sales forces have been put into policies. These are often parallel to the strictest of parents attempting to shelter their children from what is socially perceived as “evil” or “influential” which in many instances has led to the development of very poor relations …

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Rethinking Medical Codes of Ethics: What Patients Teach Us
Karen Scully
by KAREN SCULLY, MD FRCPC MA ETHICS on
Medical codes of ethics have traditionally listed standards of behavior for physicians in their care of patients. The American Medical Association lists nine principles, all of which begin with, “A physician shall…”1 These are formal professional standards and obligations, all related to the agency of the physician. In their book, “What Patients Teach, The Everyday Ethics of Health Care …

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Drs. Taub and Fried Discuss the Ethics in Cosmetic Derm – How Much is Too Much?
Richard Fried MD
by RICHARD G. FRIED, MD, PhD on
We were asked to talk about ethics and the issue of when too much cosmetic is too much, and how we notice it and how we react to it. I believe that both of us see things in a similar way and that is there is the objective criteria and the gut criteria. For me the objective criteria or when someone comes in with a great deal of obvious augmentation whether it’s full face, whether it’s lip …

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