23. Buying Doctors with Lunches: Fact or Fiction?

Do medical journals apply scientific standards selectively? On the subject of the effect of pharmaceutical lunch gifts on physician behavior, all that may be required from a paper is that the conclusions drawn be compatible with the expected narrative—even if the data presented suggests the opposite. Rafael Fonseca and John Tucker share their eye-opening analysis of a recent article published in JAMA Internal Medicine and the fascinating reaction to their analysis from journal editors and from the community at large.

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