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Headache. 2017 Sep;57(8):1273-1283. doi: 10.1111/head.13147.

Headache Professional Societies: Ethical Challenges and Suggested Solutions.

Headache

David Borsook, James L Bernat

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  1. Harvard Medical School, Center for Pain and the Brain, Boston Children's and Massachusetts Hospitals, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
  2. Departments of Neurology and Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA.

PMID: 28850181 DOI: 10.1111/head.13147

Abstract

Codes of professional conduct continue to be an essential component of maintaining the integrity of individuals, academic institutions, and medical societies. We review ethical issues of professional conduct focusing on conflicts of interest (COI). We explain how to manage or mitigate COI in the context of professionals involved in headache medicine and its medical specialty societies. We identify the roles of institutional, medical society, and governmental regulation in the protection of patients and maintaining the integrity of physicians and others involved in patient care.

© 2017 American Headache Society.

Keywords: COI mitigation; Sunshine Act; conflict of interest; ethical misconduct; financial disclosure

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