The family doctor has traditionally been a reliable figure that parents and children alike could trust for good judgment and to oversee their family’s healthcare.?? Most people just assume that the education and training that doctors undergo assures them that they use the best of their judgment and that the health practices and drugs administered to patients are the unquestioned latest and correct advice.??
Unfortunately, this belief in the family doctor is in many ways a misperception.?? In many instances doctor’s judgment has been compromised by the overwhelming one-sided education they are being given by the giant pharmaceutical conglomerates
.?? The result is unnecessary medication use, poor outcomes and sometimes dangerous results for patients all to satisfy the drug company’s insatiable need to make a buck and keep their stock price up.
From the day your doctor enters medical school his view of the world of medicine is shaped in large part by pharmaceutical companies.?? Most major teaching hospitals and university medical programs are heavily subsidized by pharmaceutical companies.?? Tens of millions in grants are given each year for research studies and scholarships to keep medical schools filled.?? The medical textbooks given to the students and much of the literature and reading material is provided free of charge to medical students and are written by or paid for by drug companies.?? Is it any wonder then that the first course of treatment for many ailments has been to take a pharmaceutical product???
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