Dilemas éticos en las relaciones entre la industria farmacéutica y los profesionales de la salud

Abstract

This  article  puts  forward  the  tensions occurring  between  physicians  and  the pharmaceutical  industry  and  arising from  their  respective  inherent  interests and obligations as an  important  source of  three-dimensional  ethical  dilemmas: the  prescription  of  medicines,  medical education, and research.

The  text  being  well  grounded  in  the review of the authors’ different sources, and  personal  stands  and  reflections,  it starts from the premise that a good ethical  relationship  between  the  pharmaceutical  industry  and  health professionals is both possible and necessary. This implies an endless analysis of its  deriving  risks  and  benefits,  by proposing  self-regulation  as  the  most constructive choice action.