Lunch

[bigmacbear]

While doing some other research I came across the Wikipedia article on the organization No Free Lunch, which aims to wean doctors and other medical professionals from the teat of the pharmaceutical industry, by asking them to pledge not to accept gifts or meals from drug salesmen.

My ex, who happens to be a nurse, once came home and told me he'd been to a "drug lunch" at his workplace (a busy critical-care unit at the local university hospital). I envisioned a cafeteria with tables overflowing with bowls of pills from which folks selected their lunch. ;-)

Comments

Pharmaceutical sales reps have been giving gifts to medical staff for decades.

[kevynjacobs.livejournal.com]

My mother's a retired R.N., and she was always bringing home premiums from the drug companies when I was a kid... pens, calculators, notepads, rulers, clocks, paperclip holders, bags, etc. That was back in the 70s and 80s. Next time you go to a doctor's office, look and see how many things with a pharmaceutical company logos on them you see.