The intersection of modern medicine with industry marketing tactics create challenges to medical professionalism.  Our work explores how these tactics impact many different stakeholders in society.  Chief publications on this topic include the following:

• Health Advocacy Organizations and Evidence-based Medicine (2011)
  Author: Sheila Rothman
  Publication: JAMA
  
  
• Health Advocacy Organizations and the Pharmaceutical Industry: An Analysis of Disclosure Practices (2011)
  Authors: Sheila Rothman, Victoria Raveis, Anne Friedman, David J Rothman
  Publication: American Journal of Public Health
  (Download a web appendix detailing the HAOs' grant disclosure practices.)
  
  
• Marketing the HPV Vaccine: Implications for Adolescent Health and Medical Professionalism (2009)
  Authors: Sheila Rothman and David J Rothman
  Publication: JAMA
  
  
• No More Free Drug Samples? (2009)
  Authors: Susan Chimonas and Jerome Kassirer
  Publication: PLoS Medicine
  
  
• The Alcohol Industry and Public Interest Science (2009)
  Authors: Kerstin Stenius and Thomas Babor
  Publication: Addiction
  
  
• Physicians and Drug Representatives: Exploring the Dynamics of the Relationship (2007)
  Authors: Susan Chimonas, Troyen Brennan, David J Rothman
  Publication: Journal of General Internal Medicine
  (click here to download the discussion guide)