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I often wonder - why do doctors fall for this? Why do they participate in what is clearly a manipulative scam? When they know that patients and the community an
by Gatsky 11y ago
I often wonder - why do doctors fall for this? Why do they participate in what is clearly a manipulative scam? When they know that patients and the community and even their taxes go to paying for expensive marketing budgets?
Part of the problem is that there is an unfortunate climate of entitlement among doctors. This issue has probably been studied rigorously but I suspect that being treated as 'special' all your life combined with difficult and prolonged training in often less than friendly environments breeds the feeling that you are entitled to special treatment.
I think, honestly, the other problem is that Americans don't take any holidays (in general, compared to Europe, Australia, New Zealand). I know lots of doctors that just take Thanksgiving off. So when you offer a very busy person an educational conference that is actually a holiday in disguise, they are going to be quite susceptible. Not to say that doctors elsewhere don't willingly travel to pharma fantasy island at every opportunity.
- harkyns_castle 11y agoThey're not falling for anything, its just plain and simple greed. My father was in the radiology area and he constantly received 'bribes' (didn't accept them, but had the offers).
- Gatsky 11y agoI think we're talking about the same thing.
- harkyns_castle 11y agoPerhaps, it just sounded like you thought these very intelligent (for the most part) doctors, were unaware of what they were accepting, which isn't the case. It's very clear in the industry that it goes on, and anyone that partakes is a scumbag, in full knowledge of what they're doing. This in an industry that is meant to heal people, not be part of the problem we're facing with rampant corporatism and out of control greed.