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By Steven C. Schachter, William Mandell, Scott Harshbarger, and Randall Grometstein. 288 pp. Burlington, MA, Elsevier Academic Press, 2008. $39.95. ISBN 978-0-12-373653-6.

The core assumption of Managing Relationships with Industry is that "with very few exceptions, physicians are ethical, patient-centered professionals." Hence, the authors — three lawyers and one physician — aim to guide physicians who wish to avoid being embarrassed, disciplined, fined, or indicted because of their relationships with industry. Anyone who still believes that honesty can be established by declaring that a gift or payment, no matter how small, did not influence a decision had better consult this manual.

Although the authors invoke ethical principles, they are most intent on keeping physicians within legal boundaries. They most frequently discuss gifts, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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