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More Lucre in Healthcare

The Boston Globe is reporting today that Dr. Joseph Biederman is “asking a judge to seal his testimony and accompanying documents in a huge multistate lawsuit, saying they “could be immensely damaging to him, both personally and professionally.” Dr. Biederman is professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Director of Massachusetts General Hospital’s Pediatric …

March 20, 2009 – 5:26 am | By Mike | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Notes on Lucre and Healthcare

Two recent articles show the influence of healthcare related industries on the provision of treatment. The first is obviously scandalous. Scientific American reports on Dr. Scott Reuben. He evidently traded his professional integrity for rewards from the big pharmaceutical companies. As Scientific American puts it: “Anesthesiologist Faked Data in 21 Studies.” The result was “the …

March 19, 2009 – 4:53 am | By Mike | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)