> Owen,
> Why are you appalled?
spending a lot of effort streamlining my existence so that i can do the
things that i think are interesting, stimulating, worthwhile,
educational, good for my patients occasionally; i do enough tedious
things at work without adding to them by filling in forms or taking
swabs for a a big bro drug co; if i'm going to be involved in research
i'd rather dream it up, design it, and execute it in house; money money
bl...y money.................life's too short for all that cr.p
phew, enjoyed that; 9 yr old having a giggle too!
> That a drug company should want to do research?
> That research should be carried out by doctors?
> That doctors should be paid to carry out the research?
fine, fine, fine, just don't involve me
> Does it represent any more conflict of interest than not
> wanting to change a
> captopril script to Capoten because in ways that I don't
> understand it will
> affect your income?
probably
> If the research is ethically sound (and I believe that there
> are people to
> decide that for you) what's the problem?
see above; and i'll decide for myself what's ethically sound; and ta
jeff, very cathartic ;-)
owen
GP
West Yorks
UK
'trained to move at a slow and loping pace'
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