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Wolfrey, Jeff; Brown, Steven R.; Ebell, Mark H.; Geng, Jamie – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2012
Concerns about the influence of the pharmaceutical and medical device industries on continuing medical education (CME) have been voiced frequently over the past decade. Reliance on industry funding increases the potential for bias. Industry-supported CME often emphasizes conditions that can be treated with newer drugs or devices rather than those…
Descriptors: Evidence, Public Health, Medical Education, Industry
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Scott, J. Blake – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 2006
The pharmaceutical industry's response to the threat of bioterrorism following 9-11 invoked the rhetorical notion of kairos as an urgent and ongoing opportunity not only to protect the nation but also to improve the industry's reputation and fortify its political power. Yet the notion of kairos as seizing an advantage--grounded in modernist…
Descriptors: Pharmacy, Industry, Terrorism, Responses