tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125132926699584358.post4985946895679901277..comments2024-03-28T09:59:51.779-05:00Comments on Family Dysfunction and Mental Health Blog: “Expert” Doctors Who Shill for Big Pharma Get GreedierDavid M. Allen M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06280912088483192599noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125132926699584358.post-82191988465667529512012-10-10T11:00:17.554-05:002012-10-10T11:00:17.554-05:00Very interesting post. I don't have any experi...Very interesting post. I don't have any experience or expertise in the 'health' field, but from having spent a few years in academia being involved in various interactions between the corporate world and the academics, it was clear that when dubious ethical transactions were happening:<br />- the corporate world side was sincerely thinking that the academics were initiating the "corruption" and that the corporate were basically passive victims of a "pay for play" academic culture that was overall detrimental to the corporate world.<br />- the academics were sincerely thinking that they were passive victims of exploitation from the corporate world, and when participating into dubious "pay for play", they were just powerless pawns in a game whose unspoken rules were driven by the corporate world as well as by the pressure of higher powers of academia.<br /><br />From two fighting preschoolers, to warring countries, it seems that in the vast majority of conflicts, both parties are sincerely thinking of themselves as the victim (and are sincerely considering their own transgressions as legitimate defense). My take is that perception is a bigger and more fundamental problem in human life than lying, selfishness or sadism (do we see the world as we are? Or is it how we see the world that define what we become).Stanley Holmesnoreply@blogger.com