PB E-mail content delivery - eTOCs !
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
British Journal of Psychiatry Advances in Psychiatric Treatment All RCPsych Journals
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

Psychiatric Bulletin (2005) 29: 231. doi: 10.1192/pb.29.6.231
© 2005 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Submit an eLetter
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via CrossRef
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Moliver, A.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Moliver, A.
Psychiatric Bulletin (2005) 29: 231
© 2005 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Correspondence

Psychiatrists and the pharmaceutical industry

Adam Moliver, Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist

Mental Health Services for Older People, Charlton Lane, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL53 9DZ

I am sure I am not the only doctor to be offended by Dr Shooter’s extreme comments about the relationship between psychiatrists and the pharmaceutical industry. I am not for sale, but I am of course open to influence – although is there much to choose within a class of drugs anyway?

Why is he sickened by the sight of doctors having a few days off to enjoy peer support and education (which might or might not be focused in some way). We get precious little informal time together otherwise.

There is another view: doctors are part of society, we are not morally superior. I live in a society where there is advertising and private industry: there is no clear moral argument for the pharmaceutical industry and doctors to be different from other people.

Dr Shooter’s well-known eloquence has been taken to extremes in this matter. There seems to be a growing trend for links to industry to be regarded as intrinsically and inevitably bad, instead of one of many influences to which we are subject.

I have received sponsorship and hospitality from several companies. I minimise my own bias by having as many different mugs as possible!





This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Submit an eLetter
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via CrossRef
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Moliver, A.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Moliver, A.

HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
British Journal of Psychiatry Advances in Psychiatric Treatment All RCPsych Journals