Abstract
Dr. A is an orthopaedic surgeon who specializes in joint replacement. His local detail representative tells him of a hip and knee course with an excellent faculty and a hands-on workshop. The representative offers to pay Dr. A's travel and lodging expenses as well as a $1000 stipend to compensate him for the time away from his practice. The local detail representative offers to buy Drs. B and C lunch at a nearby restaurant in order to discuss her company's new fracture-fixation system. Dr. D is invited by a detail representative to a dinner lecture given by a prominent physician. The representative offers to donate $100 to Dr. D's medical school if she attends the dinner. A representative for a spinal instrumentation manufacturer offers Dr. E a trip, with all expenses paid, to attend a course on fixation techniques for the treatment of unstable spinal fractures if the physician will use the company's fixation system.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 168-170 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 2003 |