A vast majority just want to get better:
Medical and professional societies have increasingly urged doctors to reveal all such conflicts of interest so patients can judge whether their doctor may have more than their health at heart. But perhaps because they are already overwhelmed by the challenges of their disease, most patients said they did not need to know those details and trusted that rules were in place to protect them.
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The public, as usual, is overly trustful of the medical establishment. Research is fairly clear that items as subtle as small gifts influence behavior, even that of physicians. Large consulting contracts and substantial stock ownership, methinks, would thus nearly certainly influence behavior of IRB members. I’m not claiming that thousands of people are dying as a result of these conflicts of interest, but I’d bet there have been some negative consequences. And there are always some VERY bad apples scattered about — Try Louis Fabre, for example. Do a quick Google search on him, read, then think a bit about if potential research participants should be wary.
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