Q: Is it ethical for a physician to accept Wild tickets from a pharmaceutical rep to take her family to the game?
A: I would say no, it isn't ethical. Although the physician can learn information about a new pharmaceutical drug, it is unethical to accept tickets in order to allow an audience with a pharm. rep. There are methods of finding out information from the pharmaceutical drug. I don't believe that physician's are limited to meetngs with pharm. reps in order to find out more about drugs and to hear a sales pitch of any kind. I'm sure that hospitals and other health care facilities would not find accepting tickets to a Wild game would be ethically sound for their business. Although physician's claim to say that gifts don't influence their decisions what so ever, pharm. reps claim that they often times need to present gifts in order to get their foot in the door.
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