Our present system of providing physicians with information about prescribed medicines, relying heavily on the manufacturers of those very products, poses the possibility of conflict-of-interest and questionable ethics. In this paper, Dr. Rucker suggests an alternative information/education system, the National Drug Education Foundation, to be supported by a neutral agent.
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