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Going mobile
‘Conscience of American medicine’ takes to the road
Since its publication last fall, Dr. Jerome P. Kassirer’s book, On the Take:
How Medicine’s Complicity with Big Business Can Endanger Your Health,
has stirred interest around the country. Former editor-in-chief of The
New England Journal of Medicine, Kassirer is currently a Distinguished
Professor at Tufts, where he has taught for many years.
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Dr. Jerome P. Kassirer ©
Mark Morelli |
In his book, Kassirer argues that so many medical experts accept gifts
and money from pharmaceutical firms that it has become nearly impossible
to determine when advice is truly independent and trustworthy—even when
that advice is published in elite medical journals. Disclosing conflicts
of interest doesn’t cut it, he argues, because “even if you find out what
the conflicts are, you don’t know how to interpret them.”
Watch for the physician who has been called “the conscience of American medicine” to be speaking at a site near you. This spring, Kassirer has booked a full slate of symposia, grand rounds and medical school commencement addresses from Boston to California.
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