tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29798185.post665723638045204845..comments2024-02-28T08:18:10.886-08:00Comments on vitum medicinus ::: a life of medicine: You thought the pharmaceutical industry was slimy... version 2Vitum Medicinushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09994320714669547787noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29798185.post-10038803443661139412007-05-27T13:06:00.000-08:002007-05-27T13:06:00.000-08:00I don't think the slope is quite that slippery. I ...I don't think the slope is quite that slippery. I think you can draw a line quite neatly, somewhere between lunch and dinner. :) Perhaps, to be quite safe, one should draw it excluding lunch - which will make your nurses and secretaries rather unhappy with you. But I don't see why being willing to go out to a fancy, only partially-educational dinner directly leads to <I>asking</I> for, and taking, <I>$35,000</I> to build a pool with. The means of getting it, the amount involved, and the purpose, are all quite out of bounds.<BR/><BR/>btw, check out my new blog at cutonthedottedline.wordpress.com.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29798185.post-545611044333577902007-05-26T01:31:00.000-08:002007-05-26T01:31:00.000-08:00Good article, and interesting discussion at the en...Good article, and interesting discussion at the end about the idea of "free market medicine", where the primary ethic of the physician is no longer beneficence.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11711363043806317937noreply@blogger.com