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The American Medical Association (AMA) could give guidance independent of donors

By Hicbd
Fri Aug 6 2021 9:50 am

"The organization helps determine the content of your doctors’ medical school training and the continuing education they receive, sets the ethical conventions that they are expected to abide by, helps decide hospital safety standards, and plays a key role in determining the cost of medical services...But critics have long argued that the organization uses its white-coated prestige as a veneer to advocate on behalf of the medical industry—whose interests are, at times, diametrically opposed to those of the public’s health."

URL:
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/08/purdue-pharma-american-medical-association-relationship-opioid-crisis-public-health/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/congress-is-too-scared-of-the-ama-to-really-attack-opioids
https://www.thestreet.com/politics/american-medical-association-rejects-idea-of-time-limits-on-opioid-scripts-14552839

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U.S. Healthcare Pharmaceutical Industry Doctors Lobbying Opioid Addiction / Epidemic U.S. Public Health Corruption / Fraud American Medical Association (AMA)

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