id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_vc5nhql4ijg6ljrd42bkldw77u James W. Jones Corporate funding of professional foundations: just another black sheep? 2006 3 .pdf application/pdf 2379 194 58 heavily to the Penumbral Heart and Vascular Foundation, which funds various local research projects. From The Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of "We believe these results challenge current medical practice and recommendations," said Dr X, who predicted many patients might influencing the general group practice; an affront to legitimate charities such as foundations of major medical societies and colleges; a questionable business practice of the medicine's professionalism.6-9 Consider the least objectionable financial relationship, receiving seemingly insignificant gifts from medical companies.7 What difference can a But why bring the matter of physician/industrial conflicts of interest forward once again? Payments to such foundations create possible conflicts of interest, though not in the direct form that payments to physicians as consultants or members of speakers' the hospital's purchasing practices and policies, the conflicted cardiologist should not be allowed to participate in Possible conflicts for doctors are seen on medical devices. ./cache/work_vc5nhql4ijg6ljrd42bkldw77u.pdf ./txt/work_vc5nhql4ijg6ljrd42bkldw77u.txt